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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 was developed for actors working “on the ground” in humanitarian response programmes. It focuses on the importance, reasons and recommendations for minimising barriers to healthcare seeking in outbreak settings based on social sciences evidence from CASS studies undertaken during the Ebola…
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COVID-19 Management in Marginalised Populations in Southeast Asia
Key considerations focusing on transnational migrants, informal workers, and people living in informal settlements.
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COVID-19 in the Context of Conflict and Displacement – Myanmar
Key considerations focusing on how conflict, displacement and inter-communal tensions may influence disease control in Myanmar.
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Considerations and Principles for Shielding People at High Risk of Severe Outcomes from COVID-19 fr
Including proposed approaches to shielding, who may be included in shielding groups, as well as the likely difficulties of these measures, and ways to mitigate them.
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Risks Related to Population Movement and Gatherings During Ramadan
Key considerations in relation to COVID-19 during the holy month of Ramadan on the continent of Africa.
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COVID-19: Why Are Prisons at Particular Risk, and What Can Be Done to Mitigate This? fr
Particular risks associated with an outbreak in prisons in low-and middle-income countries and suggestions of some approaches that may be used to mitigate risks.
Research paper
Local response in health emergencies: key considerations for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in informal urban settlements
This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing COVID-19 in informal settlements.
Field notes
“Hunger will kill us before the coronavirus does!”
Africa is particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus and the effects of restrictions.
Comment
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.
Briefing
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.
Briefing
Incorporating Non-Expert Evidence into Surveillance and Early Detection of Public Health Emergencies fr
‘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…
Case study
People, Poultry and Pandemics: Risk Communication and Community Engagement in Indonesia fr
This SSHAP Case Study illustrates how the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) worked in 2006-07 to support the Indonesian government in response to avian influenza outbreaks. The agency provided social mobilisation and education programmes to schools and villages in affected…
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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.
Briefing
Tools
Assessing key considerations for burial practices, death and mourning in epidemics fres
This Practical Approaches brief looks the considerations for rapidly appraising burial/funerary practices and beliefs around death/dying during an epidemic.
Briefing
Tools
Taking a psychosocial approach to epidemic response fr
This Practical Approaches brief highlights key considerations for taking a psychosocial approach to working in the context of an epidemic.
Briefing
Do You Speak COVID-19?
Millions of marginalised people lack basic information about how to keep themselves and their communities safe and well.
Podcast: The Social Dynamics of Pandemics
The global pandemic Covid-19 is impacting people in many and varied ways. The effects on all our lives are immense and diverse, from rural and urban communities, young and old, from different geographic and economic groups, we are each living…
Briefing
The Psychological Needs of Healthcare Staff as a Result of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Considerations for the wellbeing needs of all healthcare staff (clinical and non-clinical)
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A rapid qualitative study on preparedness and community perceptions, Yei River State, South Sudan
This research was commissioned by the EVD Preparedness Consortium comprising Save the Children, Concern Worldwide and Internews in South Sudan. It provides information on community perceptions about the Ebola outbreak and preparedness activities in Yei River State. The study was…
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Key Considerations: COVID-19 in Informal Urban Settlements zhfrptes
Key considerations for protecting informal urban settlements from the spread and impacts of COVID-19.
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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.
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Quarantine in the Context of COVID-19 zhfr
Key considerations relating to the design and impact of measures that restrict human movement patterns.
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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 about the new virus, but was silenced and punished, because…
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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 well as sentinels but failed to act as whistleblowers. Indeed,…
Briefing
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,…
Comment
Novelty and uncertainty: Social science contributions to a response to COVID-19
This comment argues that political questions around discourses of preparedness and response need to enter the debate about current and future responses to uncertain and alarming scenarios of novel emergence.
Briefing
Social Dimensions of the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Outbreak and Response: Meeting Report
Report from a roundtable meeting at the Wellcome Trust, London, 3rd February 2020.
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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.
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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.
Background report
A World at Risk: Annual Report on Global Preparedness for Health Emergencies
From the foreword by Co-Chairs H.E. Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and Mr Elhadj As Sy: “For its first report, the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board reviewed recommendations from previous high-level panels and commissions following the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and the…
Briefing
Cross Border Dynamics: Burundi-DRC
Key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Burundi and DRC including politicisation and armed groups.
Evidence review
The Context of Sofala and Manica in Relation to Cyclone Idai Response in Mozambique
Rapid review question: What contextual factors (e.g. community structures and dynamics) are relevant in the urban and rural areas affected by cyclone Idai (Sofala and Manica provinces)? How do social and cultural factors shape communication and community engagement strategies across…
Evidence review
Health-Seeking Behaviours in Sofala and Manica in Relation to Cyclone Idai Response
Rapid review question: What are the health-seeking and nutritional practices of the affected populations? How do they frame, understand and engage in prevention of cholera/AWD, malaria, measles/rubella (or vaccine preventable diseases); infant and child feeding and other relevant diseases? What…
