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Question Bank

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Questions bank for healthcare workers during infectious disease outbreaks

This question bank is a menu of qualitative questions related to healthcare workers’ knowledge, perceptions and practices during infectious disease outbreaks.

SSHAP

2025

Question Bank

Tools

Climate change question bank part 2

This resource is a menu of qualitative questions related to socio-behavioural factors and drought response.

SSHAP

2025

Question Bank

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Climate change question bank part 1

This resource is intended to help responders determine organisational priorities and needs to develop a localised preparedness and response strategy for the multi-hazard impacts of El Niño and other relevant climatic events (e.g., drought, flooding, cyclones).

SSHAP

2025

Briefing

Mpox response in urban informal settlements

This brief highlights key issues and good practices that can be carried into the design and delivery of mpox response activities in urban informal settlements.

SSHAP

2025

Briefing

Introducing experimental vaccines during health emergencies

This brief provides an overview of the experimental stages of vaccine development during a disease outbreak and highlights key considerations at each stage from a social science perspective.

SSHAP

2025

Briefing

Supporting the mpox response for people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression in contexts where their rights are restricted

This brief provides a socio-behavioural analysis of the vulnerabilities, risks and operational key considerations for working with people with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression in the mpox response.

SSHAP

2025

Factsheet

Remote response to Ebola outbreak in DRC

The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform is supporting UNICEF, WHO, IFRC and other partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo to respond to the Ebola outbreak in Equateur Province. The Platform has four key streams of action: 1) Rapid…

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2018

Briefing

Cross-border dynamics between Burundi and Tanzania in the context of viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks, 2025

This brief summarises key considerations regarding cross-border dynamics between Burundi and Tanzania in the context of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks in Tanzania and Uganda.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2025

Briefing

Using social and behavioural science to inform the use of vaccines during health emergencies

This brief synthesises social and behavioural science research on the use of vaccines during health emergencies in sub-Saharan Africa, including experimental vaccines undergoing clinical trials.

SSHAP

2025

Question Bank

Tools

Viral haemorrhagic fevers question bank

This Question Bank is relevant to outbreaks where person-to-person transmission has been identified as significant to an outbreak's spread and where patient experiences must be understood for a community-centred response.

SSHAP

2025

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

Outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, October 2024

Key Considerations regarding the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, including national response capabilities, local governance structures, and regional and economic implications.

Central and East Africa Hub

SSHAP

2024