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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.
Briefing
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.
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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.
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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…
