This assessment provides useful, timely feedback on achievements in these and other areas, but also on challenges and how they might be overcome. Whilst this assessment focuses specifically on SSHAP’s support to the responses to Ebola in the DRC over the last two years and is not intended to be a broader evaluation of the Platform, it is all the more valuable as SSHAP now seeks to build on and extend its vision, with support from the Wellcome Trust/DFID Joint Epidemic Preparedness Initiative.
Background Reports
Independent Assessment of the SSHAP Response to Ebola in the DRC, 2018-2020
Countries
Democratic Republic of CongoRelated content
Briefing
Key Considerations: Child Engagement in the Context of Disease Outbreaks in Eastern and Southern Africa
Effective child engagement strategies are essential to optimise the response to disease outbreaks and minimise their impact while ensuring children’s protection, well-being and resilience. When children understand disease outbreaks, they are better able to cope, contribute and recover. This promotes…
Central and East Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024
Briefing
Key Considerations for Responding to Floods in South Sudan Through the Humanitarian-Peace-Development Nexus
In common with many other African countries, the Republic of South Sudan is increasingly experiencing devastating floods linked to climate change.1,2 The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and El Niño regulate the climate of Equatorial Eastern Africa. In 2019, a dipole…
Central and East Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024
Report
Conflict-Sensitive Returns and Integration in South Sudan
Since fighting flared up in Sudan in April 2023, an estimated 8.2 million Sudanese have been forcibly displaced, out of which 1.7 million are hosted by neighbouring countries, including 588,711 people by South Sudan.1 At the same time, an estimated…
Central and East Africa Hub
2024
Briefing
Key Considerations: Social, Structural and Community Dynamics of Cholera Transmission and Mortality in Ethiopia
The current cholera outbreak in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia began in August 2022. As of April 2024, active outbreaks had been recorded in most regions of the country, including: Amhara; Dire Dawa; Harari; Oromia; Southern Nations, Nationalities and…
Central and East Africa Hub
SSHAP
2024