Ebola Outbreak in North Kivu, DRC
This page collates briefings relevant to the recent outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (2018-2020).
The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform has supported UNICEF, WHO, IFRC and other partners through the production of evidence briefs highlighting key socio-cultural considerations relevant to control of the disease, including a separate focus on the outbreak in the Équateur province.
This page will be updated to include future briefs from both the Social Science in Humanitarian Action and other partners when available.
Photo credit: UNICEF/Nybo
Guerrishon, 5 months, smiles when he sees his mother, Collette, smiling back at him through the plastic separating them at an Ebola Treatment Centre in Beni, North Kivu province, in September 2019.
Local media
Briefings
6 Ways to Incorporate Social Context and Trust in Infodemic Management
This brief explains how social science can inform infodemiology by making it more attuned to different social, political and cultural contexts and to the relationships between people and formal institutions.
Briefings
Politics, Factions and Violence: Listening to Local Voices on Ebola: Local Media Update
Summarising local media and messages circulating via social media outlets in February-April 2019 in the Beni and Butembo areas of North Kivu.
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Media and Local Messages on Ebola in the Grand Nord, DRC
An overview of key messages circulating on WhatsApp and in the local media in the Grand Nord in November-December 2018
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WhatsApp and Local Media (Grand Nord)
An overview of key messages circulating on WhatsApp and the local media (radio, print and video) in North Kivu in September 2018.
Contextual overview
Briefings
Ebola Preparedness and Readiness in Goma, DRC
Key considerations for Goma's local social and political structures.
Briefings
The Context of North Kivu Province, DRC
Key considerations about the context of North Kivu province including insecurity and local actors.
Health seeking behaviour
Briefings
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, North Kivu, DRC
Key considerations including recommendations to strengthen the mental health and psychosocial response.
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Changing Behaviours & Care-Seeking Practices in the Grand Nord, North Kivu, DRC
Key considerations and immediate recommendations related to community engagement.
Death, burials and mourning
Tools
Local Burial and Mourning Practices: Open-Ended Questions
Questionnaires for rapid quantitative surveys and qualitative appraisals of burial and funeral practices in the context of an Ebola outbreak.
Briefings
Burial, Funeral and Mourning Practices in North Kivu Province, DRC
Key socio-cultural considerations of events related to death, burial, funerals (rites or ceremonies), and mourning.
Behavioural data compilations
Briefings
Behavioural Data Compilation #1
A rapid compilation of data analyses for November 2018 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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Behavioural Data Compilation #2
A rapid compilation of data analyses for November 2018-February 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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Behavioural Data Compilation #3
A rapid compilation of data analyses for February-May 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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Behavioural Data Compilation #4
A rapid compilation of data analyses for June-August 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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Behavioural Data Compilation #5
A rapid compilation of data analyses for September-November 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Border dynamics
Briefings
Cross-Border Dynamics Between South Sudan and DRC
Key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between South Sudan and DRC including borderlands and trade dynamics.
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Cross Border Dynamics: Burundi-DRC
Key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Burundi and DRC including politicisation and armed groups.
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Rwanda – DRC Cross Border Dynamics
Key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Rwanda and DRC, including cross-border relations and political and economic dynamics.
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Cross-Border Dynamics and Healthcare in West Nile, Uganda
Key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics and health structures and behaviours in the West Nile sub-region of north-west Uganda.
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Bushmeat in the Border Areas of South Sudan and DRC
Key considerations about bushmeat (meat derived from wild animals for human consumption) in the context of preparedness activities in South Sudan.
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Uganda-DRC Cross-Border Dynamics
This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Uganda and DRC, including surveillance and community engagement.
