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Private sector engagement in the COVID-19 response: experiences and lessons from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda
The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems and precipitated coalitions between public and private sectors to address critical gaps in the response. We conducted a study to document the public and private sector partnerships and engagements to inform current and…
Research paper
Rebel Recruitment and Migration: Theory and Evidence From Southern Senegal
The authors investigate whether the threat of recruitment by rebel groups spurs domestic and international migration, showing that individuals who fit the recruitment profiles of rebel groups are more likely to leave and be sent away by their families. The…
Research paper
Relational (im)mobilities: a case study of Senegalese coastal fishing populations
This article applies a climate mobilities lens to a qualitative case study of an urban Senegalese fishing community, characterised by its ‘micro-mobilities’ as much as by its international migration. The author argues that (im)mobilities are neither fixed nor all-encompassing but…
Research paper
Responsibility, repair and care in Sierra Leone’s health system.
Central to the workings of a hospital are the technical and bureaucratic systems that ensure the effective coordination of information and biological materials of patients across time and space. In this paper, which is based on ethnographic research in a…
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The perceived effects of COVID-19 pandemic on female genital mutilation/cutting and child or forced marriages in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Senegal
The effects of COVID-19 on harmful traditional practices such Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and Child or Forced Marriages (CFM) have not been well documented. We examined how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected FGM/C and CFM in Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, and…
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Vaccine anxieties, vaccine preparedness: Perspectives from Africa in a Covid-19 era
This study used a ‘vaccine anxieties’ framework to consider the socially-embedded reasons why people want or do not want Covid-19 vaccines, and how this intersects with the dynamics of vaccine supply, access and distribution in rapidly-unfolding epidemic situations. Whereas discourses…
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‘When Migrants Become Messengers’: Affective Borderwork and Aspiration Management in Senegal
This article draws on ethnographic fieldwork to explore how affect and emotions are used in migration awareness campaigns and how local communities respond. ‘Aspiration management’ works to instil a sense in would-be Senegalese migrants that their hopes of migration to…
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‘With the kanyaleng and the help of god, you don’t feel ashamed’: women experiencing infertility in Casamance, Senegal
While the precarious situation of women with infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa is well documented, little is known about the ways in which such women show agency despite the challenges that infertility brings to their lives. This study provided a holistic…
Report
Trapped: The impact of 15 years of blockade on the mental health of Gaza’s children
A Child's Rights Resource Centre report on the impact that living through five escalations in violence and a pandemic, as well as a life-limiting land, air and sea blockade, has had on children’s psychosocial wellbeing.
Blog
Tectonic shifts: A conversation with Darryl Li
A conversation about the unfolding crisis in Gaza and some of its wider implications for the Palestinian struggle and the solidarity movement..
Research paper
Psychosocial concerns in a context of prolonged political oppression: Gaza mental health providers’ perceptions
This qualitative exploratory study investigated the perspectives of mental health providers in Gaza regarding the primary concerns of their clients who are exposed to low-intensity warfare and structural violence.
Briefing
Key Considerations: Operational Considerations for Building Community Resilience for COVID-19 Response and Recovery arfres
How health and humanitarian practitioners can support communities to respond to, and recover from COVID-19 using a community resilience approach.
