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Briefing

Key Considerations: Mpox, mining, and vulnerabilities of women and children in eastern DRC

This brief presents considerations for contextualising and responding to the mpox outbreak in the mining towns of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The brief…
Central and East Africa Hub
2024
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Briefing

Key Considerations: Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Mpox Vaccination in Eastern DRC

This brief presents social and political considerations for the design and implementation of vaccination-related risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies for mpox in the eastern Democratic Republic of the…
Central and East Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024
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Briefing

SSHAP West Africa Hub: Health Emergency Cycles and Social Context in West Africa

The SSHAP West Africa Hub brings together academics, humanitarian responders and public health practitioners primarily working in Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone to explore socio-political and historical issues shaping crises,…
West Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024
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Report

Roundtable Report: Discussion on mpox in DRC and Social Science Considerations for Operational Response

On 28 May 2024, the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) organised a roundtable discussion on the mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) outbreak which has been spreading in the…
Central and East Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024
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Briefing

Key Considerations: Effective Vaccine Rollout and Uptake in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone received its first shipment of 550,000 malaria vaccines in December 2023, marking a milestone for public health in a country that sees over two million hospital visits for…
West Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024
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Infographics

Key Considerations: Child Engagement in the Context of Disease Outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa

This infographic summarises the insights from a recent key considerations brief on child engagement in the context of disease outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa. This brief explores why, when…
Central and East Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024

News and blogs

Group photo from a learning event in Livingstone, Zambia. Aug 2024.
Photo of a focus group discussion with mothers in Rufunsa, a drought affected region of eastern Zambia.
NIAID / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Priority health challenges in Enugu State, Nigeria. A word cloud from a social science in action workshop.

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