Blogs, news & events Archive - Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform

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27 April 2023
Mpox as a public health emergency of international concern: preparedness, priorities, politics

Mpox as a public health emergency of international concern: preparedness, priorities, politics

On 27 April 2023, this webinar, featuring a panel of experts, will draw on new evidence from research on Mpox in Nigeria, as well as wider research on national, regional and global perspectives on epidemic preparedness and response, to explore questions such as how can global efforts interconnect more effectively…

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New report calls for a people-centred strategy to prepare for the next pandemic

13th March 2023

A new report from the Institute of Development Studies, UK, calls on world leaders to look beyond the conventional staples of the public health toolkit as they draw up a new WHO global treaty on pandemics.

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Uganda declares end of Ebola disease outbreak

11th January 2023

On 11 January 2023, the Ugandan government has declared the end of the Ebola disease (Sudan strain) outbreak, less than four months after the first case was confirmed on 20 September 2022.

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Integrating social science into health and humanitarian responses in 2022

19th December 2022

In this blog, we reflect on the milestones for the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) in 2022.

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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