Displacement and humanitarian protection Archives - Page 2 of 10 - Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform

Briefing

Addressing the humanitarian needs of forced rural-to-city migrants in north-west Nigeria with a focus on mental health vulnerability

This Fellows Brief calls for action to address the needs of a hitherto underserved, internally displaced people.

West Africa Hub

SSHAP

2024

Briefing

Mutual aid lessons and experiences from Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan

A Key Considerations brief based on the first case study of the volunteer networks known as Emergency Response Rooms, conducted June to August 2024.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2024

Briefing

Humanitarian responses to famine and war in Sudan

This Key Considerations brief offers key information about the background to the civil war in Sudan, responses to the humanitarian crisis and reasons why relief has been inadequate, setting out opportunities to push against the obstacles or constraints to relief.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2024

Briefing

Food assistance prioritisation in refugee settlements in Uganda and its impacts

This brief considers the humanitarian and policy implications of the general food and cash assistance prioritisation strategy in Uganda’s refugee settlements.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2024

blog

A new mpox emergency declared but the politics of global inequities persist

In this blog, Hayley MacGregor considers how the surge of mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and beyond underscores the need for urgent global action, stronger health systems and ongoing investment in pandemic preparedness.

Central and East Africa Hub

Hayley MacGregor

19 Aug 2024

news

Overcoming barriers: Integrating South Sudanese refugee health professionals into Uganda’s workforce

21st June 2024

Around the world many health professionals displaced as refugees face multiple barriers to securing meaningful work in host countries' health systems. Dr Jennifer Palmer, Associate Professor of Anthropology in Global Health, LSHTM, and SSHAP team member, talks about her research among South Sudanese health workers who are refugees in Uganda.

Central and East Africa Hub

news

SSHAP hosts roundtable discussion on the mpox outbreak in the DRC

11th June 2024

Contextual social, political and livelihood understandings, factors affecting care-seeking and challenges to vaccination rollout were among the on-the-ground realities relating to mpox spread that experts discussed.

Central and East Africa Hub

Infographic

Responding to floods in South Sudan through the humanitarian-peace-development nexus infographic

This infographic summarises the insights from a recent key considerations brief on responding to floods in South Sudan, describing the multidimensional impacts of flooding on peace, health, livelihoods and governance.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2024

Briefing

Responding to floods in South Sudan through the humanitarian-peace-development nexus

This Key Considerations brief looks at interconnected problems in the context of South Sudan through a focus on flooding, with wider relevance to other countries in the region, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan, experiencing similar…

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2024

Report

Conflict-sensitive returns and integration in South Sudan

This research aims to provide a stronger understanding of the risks and opportunities associated with ‘returns’ and ‘integration’ in South Sudan, as well as highlight opportunities for conflict-sensitive (re)integration and early solutions activities.

Central and East Africa Hub

2024

news

Navigating insecurity in North Kivu, DRC: learning from humanitarian actors, civil society and research

9th April 2024

In December 2023, a workshop on the deteriorating security situation in North Kivu was held in Bukavu, South Kivu. Read more about the workshop in this short news item by Godefroid Muzalia from Groupe d’Etudes sur les Conflits et la Sécurité Humaine (GEC-SH) – a Central & East Africa Regional…

Central and East Africa Hub

blog

‘Sword in the water’: local peoples’ perceptions of NGOs in eastern DRC

In this blog, Sylvie Imata and Godefroid Muzalia, who work at Groupe d'Etudes sur les Conflits et la Sécurité Humaine (GEC-SH) - a Central & East Africa Regional Hub partner organisation - explore how humanitarian actors, including NGOs, can be aware of and sensitive to the needs and perceptions of…

Central and East Africa Hub

Sylvie Imata, Godefroid Muzalia

24 Oct 2023