Policy document
Loi cadre sur l’Organisation de la Santé Publique
The legal basis for public health action in DRC, grounded in the right to health guaranteed by the DRC constitution.
French
Policy document
Strategic Response Plan For The Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak In The Provinces Of North Kivu And Ituri Democratic Republic Of The Congo July – December 2019
This document sets out the Ministry of Health’s strategic response to the Ebola Virus outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in 2019. Taking into account the impact of insecurity in these regions, the plan details how the government planned…
Research paper
Une perspective de paix pour le Soudan en 2002 ?
This article analyses the extent to which the international situation immediately following September 11, 2001 created the basis for an end to the civil war in Sudan. The author argues that the situation is handicapped by certain weaknesses: the internal…
Background report
Crise foncière et réponses des acteurs en République Démocratique du Congo
À l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo, le foncier est un réceptacle de violence, participant structurellement à la fragilité de la cohésion sociale. Bien que l’État congolais, les acteurs non étatiques et les bailleurs de fonds se soient engagés…
Blog
(De) Masqué : Ruse, Résilience Et Résistance – La Controverse D’une Mesure COVID-19
Depuis Février 2020, le monde est confronté au coronavirus (COVID-19) dont les premiers cas s’étaient déclarés dans la ville de Wuhan en Chine en novembre 2019. L’avènement de la COVID-19, sa propagation et le nombre croissant des morts (à ce…
Blog
Covid-19 : De La Crise De Communication Au Déni De La Crise En République Démocratique Du Congo
Le covid-19 est une maladie dangereuse. Mais la communication au sujet du covid-19 peut être plus dangereuse si elle n’est pas cohérente. D’une part, une communication dramatique peut inutilement entraîner ou aggraver la psychose et un stress généralisé. D’autre part,…
Blog
Multimedia
Angaza COVID-19 Series : Penser La Riposte Sur Les Leçons Apprises Du Passé
La République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) a une longue expérience de gestion des épidémies. Plusieurs recherches indiquent que les approches de contrôles de l’épidémie Ebola et la pandémie de Covid-19 sont presque les mêmes. Récemment, l’expérience acquise dans la lutte…
Blog
Multimedia
Angaza Covid-19 Series : Mesures Coercitives & Engagement Collectif Contre La COVID-19
Pour barrer la route à la Covid-19, des mesures drastiques ont été prises par les autorités publiques de la RDC et du Sud-Kivu en particulier. Cependant malgré ces mesures et l’expansion de la pandémie, la grande majorité de la population…
Blog
Multimedia
Angaza COVID-19 Series : Mimétisme Occidentalo-Centré De La Riposte Contre La COVID-19 Au Sud Kivu, RDC
Portant sur le mimétisme occidentalo-centré et ses implications sur les politiques provinciales de la riposte contre la COVID 19 en Milieu rural au Sud Kivu, RDC, cette analyse s’inspire du modèle centre et périphéries, selon lequel, il existe un centre…
Blog
Multimedia
Angaza COVID-19 Series : Les Masques – Un Danger
Pour lutter contre la pandémie de Covid-19, le port de masques a été vivement recommandé, pendant des sorties en public, pour réduire la chaîne de contamination. Des populations sous informées sur l’usage responsable des masques s’exposent et exposent leur environnement…
Blog
Multimedia
Angaza COVID-19 Series : Quand La Communication Renforce Le Déni En République Démocratique Du Congo
Le Covid-19 est une maladie dangereuse. Mais la communication au sujet du Covid-19 peut être plus dangereuse si elle n’est pas cohérente. Une communication peut provoquer une multitude de réactions et créer un impact négatif/positif sur l’acceptation de la maladie…
Book chapter
“Économie de la débrouille à Kinshasa informalité, commerce et réseaux sociaux”
Comment, dans un contexte de crise économique et sociale durable, les citadins réinventent-ils les moyens de leur survie à Kinshasa ? C’est à cette question que cet ouvrage s’attache à répondre. On y trouve une description ethnographique minutieuse des dispositifs…
Infographic
Behavioural, Social and Community Dynamics Related to Plague Outbreaks in Madagascar
This infographic summarises the key considerations of a brief which explores behavioural and community dynamics related to plague outbreaks in Madagascar.
Tools
Citizen ethnography in outbreak response: Guidance for establishing networks of researchers
This guidance outlines the steps for designing and implementing citizen-led ethnographic research, including those for recruitment, training and support of citizen researchers to collect and analyse ethnographic data, and how to transform the insights they gain to support preparedness and…
Briefing
10 Ways Local Governments in Multicultural Urban Settings can Support Vaccine Equity in Pandemics
This brief investigates these disparities through the lens of “vaccine (in)equity”, focusing on the role of local actors. It builds on ethnographic and qualitative research carried out in the Northern Districts of Marseille and ongoing research engagement around vaccine equity…
Briefing
Key Considerations: Engaging ‘People on the Move’ to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Italy
This key considerations brief outlines perceptions, understandings and experiences of COVID-19 vaccination among ‘people on the move’ in Italy.
Briefing
Key Considerations: Behavioural, Social and Community Dynamics related to Plague Outbreaks in Madagascar
This brief explores behavioural and community dynamics related to plague outbreaks in Madagascar.
Evidence review
Evidence Review: Religious Marginality and COVID-19 Vaccination – Access & Hesitancy
This evidence review explores how religious minority affiliation or status shapes experiences of vaccine access and uptake and how this relates to COVID-19, and how vaccine hesitancy can be addressed.
Briefing
Key Considerations for Epidemic Response and Preparedness in Niger
This technical brief was prepared by IDS in December 2020 to support the embedding of social science and anthropological perspectives in UK AID-supported Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa (TDDA) technical assistance and its Early Response Mechanism. It draws on a…
Briefing
Key Considerations for Epidemic Response and Preparedness in Mali
This technical brief was prepared by IDS in July 2021 to support the embedding of social science and anthropological perspectives in UK AID-supported Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa (TDDA) technical assistance and its Early Response Mechanism. It draws on a…
Briefing
Key Considerations for Epidemic Response and Preparedness in Chad
This technical brief was prepared by IDS in December 2020 to support the embedding of social science and anthropological perspectives in UK AID-supported Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa (TDDA) technical assistance and its Early Response Mechanism. It draws on a…
Briefing
Key Considerations for Epidemic Response and Preparedness in Cameroon
This technical brief was prepared by IDS in July 2021 to support the embedding of social science and anthropological perspectives in UK AID-supported Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa (TDDA) technical assistance and its Early Response Mechanism. It draws on a…
Briefing
Key Considerations for Epidemic Response and Preparedness in Côte d’Ivoire
This technical brief was prepared by IDS in July 2021 to support the embedding of social science and anthropological perspectives in UK AID-supported Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa (TDDA) technical assistance and its Early Response Mechanism. It draws on a…
Evidence review
Data Synthesis: COVID-19 Vaccine Perceptions in Africa: Social and Behavioural Science Data, March 2020 – March 2021
This synthesis brings together data related to public perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines collected in 22 countries in Africa
Briefing
Key Considerations: 2021 Outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, the Context of N’Zérékoré
Key considerations about the social, political and economic context shaping the outbreak of Ebola in the N’Zérékoré prefecture, Guinea.
Briefing
SSHAP Roundtable: 2021 Ebola Outbreak in Guinea
Report from a virtual roundtable of expert advisors convened by SSHAP in March 2021 to discuss the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea declared February 2021.
Briefing
Emergency Ebola Anthropology Network Advisory Brief: Culture and Clinical Trials
This advisory brief aims to provide anthropologically informed guidance to governmental and humanitarian actors involved in the Ebola response at local, national and international levels, about clinical trials for Ebola treatments, therapies and vaccines.
Briefing
The flow of money at the community level
This brief summarises some key considerations about the flow and control of money in relation to the Ebola response.
Briefing
Regional food insecurity, work migration and roadblocks
This brief summarises some key considerations about food insecurity, the migration of men and youth for work and the implication these movements may have for the Ebola response.
Briefing
Community Resilience: Key Concepts and their Applications to Epidemic Shocks
Exploring how the concepts of community resilience can be applied to epidemics
Briefing
Key Considerations: Operational Considerations for Building Community Resilience for COVID-19 Response and Recovery
How health and humanitarian practitioners can support communities to respond to, and recover from COVID-19 using a community resilience approach.
Briefing
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.
Briefing
Rapid Review: Vaccine Hesitancy and Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination
This brief draws on social science literature and informal interviews with experts to illustrate that vaccine hesitancy is complex and context-specific, and often reflects diverse, everyday anxieties. It proposes strategies to guide actors involved in vaccine development, communication and deployment…
Evidence review
RCCE Strategies to Overcome COVID-19 Fatigue in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa
This brief synthesises evidence published by UNICEF on social and cultural influences for sustained COVID-19 prevention and risk reduction behaviours in the Eastern Mediterranean / Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Briefing
Clinical and vaccine trials for COVID-19: Key Considerations from social science
This Key Considerations brief outlines how, and in what ways, social science can contribute to ongoing and future COVID-19 clinical and vaccine trials.
Case study
Enhancing Community Engagement Through Data Collection: Controlling the Cholera Epidemic in Mozambique
Case study focusing on post-cyclone cholera response activities
