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Field Notes
“Hunger will kill us before the coronavirus does!”
Africa is particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus and the effects of restrictions.
Foresight Papers
COVID-19 Forum
A collection bringing together seventeen anthropologists and historians in an effort to share ideas, analytical frameworks and concerns about the ongoing epidemic from interdisciplinary perspectives.
Briefings
Dying, Bereavement and Mortuary and Funerary Practices in the Context of COVID-19 fr
Key considerations for events related to death, burial, funerals (rites, ceremonies and practices) and mourning.
Briefings
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 amassing and processing large data sets – analysed computationally to…
Briefings
Compliance with Physical Distancing Measures for COVID-19 and Implications for RCCE in Eastern and Southern Africa fr
Practical considerations for communication strategies and messaging on physical distancing.
Briefings
Do You Speak COVID-19?
Millions of marginalised people lack basic information about how to keep themselves and their communities safe and well.
Briefings
Key Considerations: COVID-19 in Informal Urban Settlements zhfrptes
Key considerations for protecting informal urban settlements from the spread and impacts of COVID-19.
Briefings
Online Information, Mis- and Disinformation in the Context of COVID-19 zhfr
Practical considerations relating to flows of information, misinformation and disinformation though online media, particularly social media networks.
Briefings
Quarantine in the Context of COVID-19 zhfr
Key considerations relating to the design and impact of measures that restrict human movement patterns.
Briefings
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 about the new virus, but was silenced and punished, because…
Briefings
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 well as sentinels but failed to act as whistleblowers. Indeed,…
Briefings
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 International Health Regulations, have accompanied growing commitments to centralised planning,…
