Of-the-minute responsiveness and reporting were essential for the cohealth COVID-19 Community Engagement team, who were leading the community health response in Melbourne’s high-risk and CALD communities.
Internal resources could not meet the rapidly changing and specialised communications needs – for example, animated videos in multiple languages, online community training sessions and downloadable resources. Nor was the team set up to gather clean data, analyse it and swiftly report performance to the Victorian Health Department.