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22 November 2021
Statistics in the Humanitarian Sector: Disasters

Statistics in the Humanitarian Sector: Disasters

On Monday 22 November 2021 between 12:00-17:00 GMT, the Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), are hosting a hybrid round-table event on ‘Statistics in the Humanitarian Sector: Disasters’.

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What can social science research teach us about COVID-19 vaccine deployment?

Global engagement is needed to acknowledge COVID-19 vaccine supply as a social justice issue, and demand for the scaling-up of technology transfers from the Global North to the Global South.

Shelley Lees, Luisa Enria, Myfanwy James, Anthony Mansaray, Chrissy Roberts

15 Sep 2021

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Technical workshops: Call for applications

6th September 2021

SSHAP is developing a series of workshops to provide practical guidance to respond to emergencies based on social science evidence. We are inviting applications for these short, tailored workshops in response to specific issues and problems to be held between October 2021 and January 2022.

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Côte d’Ivoire reports suspected Ebola case: Key considerations

17th August 2021

Technical brief shares useful background for outbreak preparedness and response

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Building preparedness against future COVID-19 waves in India

This blog argues that India and countries across the world need to implement short-term measures for immediate pandemic relief, but also take medium- and long-term steps to build robust processes to deliver effective responses against future waves.

Mihir Bhatt, Mehul Pandya, Megan Schmidt-Sane, Lyla Mehta, Shilpi Srivastava

16 Aug 2021

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Marburg in Guinea: what we know from other disease outbreaks

Marburg virus disease, a haemorrhagic fever, has been identified for the first time in West Africa. Take a look at SSHAP's relevant resources in relation to the social dimensions and response to epidemic outbreaks.

Megan Schmidt-Sane, Tabitha Hrynick

12 Aug 2021

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Brighton and Madrid: a tale of two ‘pandemic’ cities

This blog post is one of a series, providing insights and reflections from the SSHAP ‘Social Science and Epidemics’ collection.

Santiago Ripoll

19 Jul 2021

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Zimbabwe faces a COVID-19 surge: what is happening in the rural areas?

The Zimbabwean government has imposed a new 'level 4' lockdown in response to rising cases and deaths.

Ian Scoones

14 Jul 2021

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Indian government failed to prepare for deadly second Covid wave and must act for future prevention

2nd July 2021

Researchers recommend that in the short-term, local and national government in India should focus on immediate relief, provision of critical care and vaccine rollout. In the new analysis they add that medium and long-term measures must build processes to improve responses – to Covid-19, and other epidemics.