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Strengthening responses to epidemics

Integrating social science perspectives into emergency preparedness and response is becoming proven and accepted practice due to the work of SSHAP

19 Apr 2021

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Vaccine politics in Zimbabwe

Covid vaccines are particularly political in Zimbabwe as competing powers jostle for position, each trying to show their benevolence towards Africa.

Ian Scoones

16 Mar 2021

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Podcast: The social and emotional side of vaccine hesitancy

In the latest episode of IDS’ Between the Lines Podcast, Melissa Leach joins Anthropologist and Founding Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project Heidi Larson to discuss her new book Stuck: How Vaccine Rumors Start and Why They Don't Go Away.

3 Mar 2021

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Call for Papers: Special Issue of Anthropology in Action

26th February 2021

Short abstracts to be submitted before 22 March 2021

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Why does the SSHAP fellowship matter NOW and for future crises?

The SSHAP Fellowship Programme aims to link future leaders in social science with those working in operational humanitarian response roles

Tabitha Hrynick, Megan Schmidt-Sane

17 Feb 2021

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The rich people’s virus? Latest reflections from Zimbabwe

In contrast to the rest of the world, people in Zimbabwe are wondering why the virus is hitting the urban rich and well-connected the most

Ian Scoones

10 Feb 2021

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SSHAP launches inaugural Fellowship Programme

1st February 2021

The SSHAP Fellowship Programme will begin in May 2021

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The Covid vaccine in Africa: what science does and doesn’t know

A number of concerns and misgivings lie at the heart of public opinion in Africa, faced with the future vaccination against Covid which is already well underway in Europe, the USA, Russia, China, and India.

Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan

15 Jan 2021