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Evidence review
Impacts de la Réponse COVID-19 sur la Santé Communautaire en RDC
Analyse multidisciplinaires intégrées des épidémies
Field notes
Perceptions et Comportements Liés À Ebola
Résultats des études dans la province de l’Equateur auprès des communautés et du personnel de santé sur les perceptions et les comportements liés à Ebola.
Briefing
Perceptions des Mesures Barrières pour la Prévention et le Contrôle du COVID-19
Une étude sur les options de protection des personnes vulnérables à domicile
Briefing
Recommandations Clés pour les Équipes de Réponse Contre la MVE en Équateur
Évidences pour soutenir le MSP et les acteurs qui répondent à la 11ème épidémie d'Ebola en RDC
Briefing
Perceptions et Impacts des Mesures COVID sur l’Utilisation et l’Accès aux Services de Santé
Une étude longitudinale sur les impacts secondaires des mesures COVID en Kinshasa
Background report
Independent Assessment of the SSHAP Response to Ebola in the DRC, 2018-2020
A report exploring the nature of the response, including areas of excellence and suggestions for improvement.
Case study
Real-Time Ebola Community Feedback Mechanism
Case study examining misinformation and mistrust in the Ebola epidemic
Briefing
What social sciences researchers working in humanitarian contexts (sub-Saharan Africa) should be asking in COVID-19 and why
A summary of suggested key social science research questions and their rationale to support and inform operational field research and response programming in sub-Saharan Africa.
Briefing
Gender Inclusiveness in COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Operations, Evidence from Social Sciences Outbreak Research
This brief was developed for actors working “on the ground” in outbreak response in humanitarian programmes and contexts. It focuses on the importance, reasons and recommendations for how to ensure gender inclusivity in outbreak response, based on evidence and lessons…
Briefing
Humanitarian Programme Recommendations for COVID-19 Based on Social Sciences Evidence from the DRC Ebola Outbreak Response
This brief was developed for actors working “on the ground” in outbreak response in humanitarian programmes and contexts. It addresses recurrent programme recommendations, including strategies, interventions and activities, which resulted from social sciences analyses conducted by the CASS during the…
Briefing
Social Sciences Evidence on Barriers to Healthcare Seeking During the DRC Ebola Outbreak
This brief focuses on the importance, reasons and recommendations for minimising barriers to healthcare seeking in outbreak settings based on evidence from the 2018-20 Ebola outbreak response in the DRC.
Briefing
Behavioural Data Compilation #5 fr
A rapid compilation of data analyses for September-November 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Briefing
Cross-Border Dynamics Between South Sudan and DRC fr
Key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between South Sudan and DRC including borderlands and trade dynamics.
Briefing
Behavioural Data Compilation #4 fr
A rapid compilation of data analyses for June-August 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Briefing
Cross Border Dynamics: Burundi-DRC
Key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Burundi and DRC including politicisation and armed groups.
Briefing
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.
Briefing
Behavioural Data Compilation #3 fr
A rapid compilation of data analyses for February-May 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Briefing
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
Briefing
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.
Briefing
Politics, Factions and Violence: Listening to Local Voices on Ebola: Local Media Update fr
Summarising local media and messages circulating via social media outlets in February-April 2019 in the Beni and Butembo areas of North Kivu.
Briefing
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic, Part III: Recovery
This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic field research in Equateur Province, Democratic…
Briefing
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic, Part II: Response
This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic field research in Equateur Province, Democratic…
Briefing
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic, Part 1: Preparedness
This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic field research in Equateur Province, Democratic…
Briefing
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic
This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic field research in Equateur Province, Democratic…
Briefing
Rwanda – DRC cross border dynamics fr
This Key Considerations brief concerns cross-border dynamics between Rwanda and DRC, including cross-border relations and political and economic dynamics.
Briefing
Institutional Trust and Misinformation in the Response to the 2018–19 Ebola Outbreak in North Kivu, DR Congo: a Population-Based Survey
The current outbreak of Ebola in eastern DR Congo, beginning in 2018, emerged in a complex and violent political and security environment. Community-level prevention and outbreak control measures appear to be dependent on public trust in relevant authorities and information,…
Briefing
Ebola Preparedness and Readiness in Goma, DRC fr
Key considerations for Goma's local social and political structures.
Comment
An Epidemic of Suspicion — Ebola and Violence in the DRC
Until the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Ebola outbreaks had been sporadic, small, and largely confined to isolated rural villages in Central Africa. But the 2014 epidemic broke all the rules and killed more than 15,000 people.
Briefing
Behavioural Data Compilation #2 fr
A rapid compilation of data analyses for November 2018-February 2019 in the context of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
Briefing
Community Responses to the Ebola Response: Beni, North Kivu
Since July 2013, a series of massacres have occurred in the Beni territory of North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, an area heavily affected by the current Ebola outbreak. More than 1,000 civilians have been killed and tens of…
Briefing
Social Science in Epidemics: Ebola Epidemics Lessons Learned (Evidence Summary)
In this ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, different aspects of past disease outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify social science ‘entry points’ for preparedness and response activities. This brief draws out some recommendations for Ebola response actors in North…
Briefing
Technologies of Trust in Epidemic Response: Openness, Reflexivity and Accountability During the 2014–2016 Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
Trust is an essential component of successful cooperative endeavours. The global health response to the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak confronted historically tenuous regional relationships of trust. Challenging sociopolitical contexts and initially inappropriate communication strategies impeded trustworthy relationships between communities…
Evidence review
Bringing Community Perspectives to Decision-Making in the Ebola Response in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ebola provokes fear in communities due to the severity of the symptoms, misunderstanding of the causes, the high number of deaths and control measures that are often perceived as intrusive and interfering with local social, cultural and religious practices. Misinformation,…
Television and Ebola
Circulating around the globe during the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa were bold and sensationalistic headlines such as “Killer Virus”, “Ebola Here!” and “Burn dead bodies.” Along with such stark and shocking headlines were images of health providers sealed (concealed) within…
Briefing
World Health Organization Weekly Epidemiological Record: Special Edition on Ebola
Although social scientists have long worked in public health emergencies, the value of including social science intelligence in response strategies became highly visible during the epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa in 2014–2016. The key application of social science is to…
Briefing
Uganda-DRC Cross-Border Dynamics
This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Uganda and DRC, including surveillance and community engagement.
