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SSHAP brief on vaccine distrust wins the 2022 ARHE Policy Brief Award

27th October 2022

A SSHAP brief on COVID-19 vaccines and (dis)trust among youth in Ealing, London by Megan Schmidt-Sane, Tabitha Hrynick, Jillian Schulte, Charlie Forgacz-Cooper and Santiago Ripoll has won the 2022 ARHE Policy Brief Award.

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Call for proposals: cases studies collection on COVID-19 and the impact of behavioural and social science insights

The World Health Organization's (WHO) Community Readiness and Resilience Unit has issued a call for proposals for the development of a collection of case studies on COVID-19 and the impact of behavioural and social science insights. The deadline for proposal submissions is 28 October 2022.

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16 November 2022
Event: Shifting Power in Pandemics

Event: Shifting Power in Pandemics

On Wednesday 16 November 2022 between 12:00-15:00 GMT, The Wellcome Trust collaborative Pandemics Preparedness Project is hosting Shifting Power in Pandemics, a public webinar on connecting and supporting preparedness ‘from below’. Shifting Power in Pandemics, will explore issues surrounding connecting and supporting preparedness from below and feature expert speakers from…

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Local governments can make or break vaccination programmes in multicultural urban contexts

In this blog, Santiago Ripoll, Tabitha Hrynick, Megan Schmidt-Sane and Ashley Ouvrier summarise the key messages of a recent briefing on how local governments in multicultural urban neighbourhoods can support vaccine equity in pandemics.

Santiago Ripoll, Tabitha Hrynick, Megan Schmidt-Sane, Ashley Ouvrier

10 Oct 2022

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Building community relationships to promote vaccine equity

In this blog, Santiago Ripoll, Tabitha Hrynick, Megan Schmidt-Sane and Ashley Ouvrier reflect on the importance of relationships with communities when implementing public health interventions, based on their research on COVID-19 responses in Ealing and Marseille.

Santiago Ripoll, Tabitha Hrynick, Megan Schmidt-Sane, Ashley Ouvrier

5 Oct 2022

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Learning in a pandemic: real-time research on COVID-19 in rural Zimbabwe

In this blog, Ian Scoones reflects on the real-time research that happened in Zimbabwe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ian Scoones

3 Oct 2022

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Motherhood and mobility: Afghan women in Serbia

The gendered dynamics of migration mean that Afghan women on the move into Europe face unique challenges - such as giving birth on the journey. In this blog, Esther Sharma (LSHTM) reflects on her recent preliminary fieldwork talking to Afghan women in Serbia.

Esther Sharma

8 Aug 2022

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Appel à candidatures pour une bourse d’études en sciences sociales et humanitaires

27th July 2022

Lancement de la première phase française du programme de bourse d’études de la SSHAP. Si vous êtes un spécialiste des sciences sociales ou un professionnel de l’humanitaire à la recherche d’un programme de formation sur mesure, postulez avant le 05 Septembre 2022 17h00 GMT

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Apply now for the ARHE 2022 Policy Brief Award

20th July 2022

The Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies (ARHE) 2022 Policy Brief Award encourages and acknowledges the contributions of anthropologists by providing the humanistic side of policy recommendations for responding to health emergencies. Apply for the $100 award by 1 September 2022.