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Evidence review

Rapid evidence synthesis: Mpox community protection

This note presents a rapid synthesis of evidence related to community protection in countries affected by the mpox clade 1b outbreak. Synthesising evidence related to community protection for mpox Medline, Africa Journals Online and Global Index Medicus were searched. IFRC,…
SSHAP
2025
Briefing

Mpox response in urban informal settlements fr

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

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

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
Briefing

Mpox in the Busia-Malaba border region linking Uganda and Kenya

This brief summarises how mpox is perceived and managed in the Busia-Malaba border region that links eastern Uganda and western Kenya.
SSHAP
2025
Research paper

Diagnosis, treatment, and management of mpox in urban informal settlements in southwestern Nigeria: an ethnographic approach

This paper, based on an ethnographic study in southwestern Nigeria, seeks to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of not only the health care access barriers, but the complex geographical, economic, and sociocultural factors that shape how and when people…
BMC Public Health
2025
Research paper

Mpox and the men who have sex with men (MSM) community in Nigeria: Exploratory insights from MSM and persons providing healthcare services to them

This paper explores mpox awareness, knowledge, and experiences among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Lagos, Nigeria, to provides insights to improve Nigeria's mpox response and inform similar public health efforts in Africa where MSM criminalisation complicates MSM…
Global Public Health
2025
Research paper

Infrastructures of epidemic response: mpox and everyday repair work in southwestern Nigeria

This paper examines community-based surveillance and primary health care as intersecting infrastructures to draw learning from lived experiences of mpox and the response to the mpox outbreak in southwestern Nigeria during 2022-23.
Social Science & Medicine
2024
Report

Meeting report: Mpox and discrimination in African settings fr

This report summarises contributions from speakers and participants at a Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP)-organised online meeting to discuss mpox and discrimination issues in African settings, and operational responses to mpox that are contextually sensitive.
SSHAP
2024
Question Bank
Tools

Mpox question bank: Qualitative questions for community-level data collection frpt

A Question Bank for use by field teams and local research teams working in communities with mpox transmission and those at risk of transmission with the aim of supporting the collection and use of consistent and high-quality social and behavioural…
SSHAP
2025
Photo of a mother and her young child in treatment at the mpox isolation unit of the UNICEF-supported Kavumu hospital in South Kivu province, DR Congo.
Briefing

Mpox, mining, and vulnerabilities of women and children in eastern DRC fr

This Key Considerations brief presents considerations for contextualising and responding to the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, focusing on women and children living and working in artisanal and small-scale mining areas.
2024
Report

How can epidemic preparedness and response be improved in the Central and East African Borderlands? fr

This workshop report offers recommendations and reflects on discussions from a workshop attended by social scientists, policymakers, and humanitarian and public health practitioners from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan that was facilitated and hosted by…
SSHAP
2024

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