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Social Dimensions of the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Outbreak and Response: Meeting Report
Report of Roundtable at the Wellcome Trust, London, 3rd February 2020. Roundtable objectives: To discuss appropriate social science and humanities inputs that can improve understanding of the outbreak in global...
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Quarantine in the Context of COVID-19 zhfr
This brief sets out practical considerations relating to the design and impact of measures that restrict human movement patterns in the context of COVID-19. It was written in February 2020....
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Online Information, Mis- and Disinformation in the Context of COVID-19 zhfr
This brief sets out practical considerations relating to flows of information, misinformation and disinformation though online media, particularly social media networks, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It details...
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Key Considerations: COVID-19 in Informal Urban Settlements zhfrptes
This brief has now been published as a journal article for Environment and Urbanization. This brief sets out key considerations for protecting informal urban settlements from the spread and impacts...
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Do You Speak COVID-19?
In the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of marginalized people lack basic information about how to keep themselves and their communities safe and well. They include people who don’t speak the dominant...
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Compliance with Physical Distancing Measures for COVID-19 and Implications for RCCE in Eastern and Southern Africa fr
This brief reports on attitudes and practices relating to physical distancing measures in Eastern and Southern Africa in the context of the current global COVID-19 outbreak. Where relevant, it also...
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Incorporating Non-Expert Evidence into Surveillance and Early Detection of Public Health Emergencies
‘Big data’ has promised significant improvements for the global surveillance of infectious disease. This SSHAP Case Study highlights how, over the past two decades, new disease surveillance practices built on...
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Novelty and Uncertainty: Social Science Contributions to a Response to COVID-19
The scenario of novel pathogen emergence engenders uncertainty of various kinds. The very notions of the ‘novel’ and ‘emergent’ in scientific understandings reference uncertainties that can in turn seep into...
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Echoes of Ebola: Social and Political Warnings for the COVID-19 Response in African Settings
Recent years have seen major global investment in epidemic preparedness and response. The World Health Organization’s new guidelines for health emergency preparedness (WHO 2017), extending the ambit of the 2005...
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Sentinels and Whistleblowers: Lessons from Wuhan
When the media asked me how the Chinese government was handling the crisis of COVID-19, I offered them a distinction which comes from the social sciences: the Wuhan authorities acted...
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Shame and Complicity in the Reactions to the Coronavirus
The death of Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang on 7 February 2020 was a turning point in public reactions to the government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. The doctor had warned...
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Dying, Bereavement and Mortuary and Funerary Practices in the Context of COVID-19 fr
This brief sets out key considerations for events related to death, burial, funerals (rites, ceremonies and practices) and mourning in the context of the global outbreak of the COVID-19. Further...