People with disabilities around the world face discrimination in their daily lives, including in their abilities to access public services and infrastructure. But what are the experiences of people with disabilities during disasters and emergencies? Do emergency responses take into account their needs? In this blog, Obindra B. Chand and Pallav Pant look at the current challenges facing people with disabilities during times of crisis in Nepal.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Community Readiness and Resilience Unit has issued a call for proposals for the development of a collection of case studies on COVID-19 and the impact of behavioural and social science insights. The deadline for proposal submissions is 28 October 2022.
In this blog, Santiago Ripoll, Tabitha Hrynick, Megan Schmidt-Sane and Ashley Ouvrier summarise the key messages of a recent briefing on how local governments in multicultural urban neighbourhoods can support vaccine equity in pandemics.
In this blog, Santiago Ripoll, Tabitha Hrynick, Megan Schmidt-Sane and Ashley Ouvrier reflect on the importance of relationships with communities when implementing public health interventions, based on their research on COVID-19 responses in Ealing and Marseille.
This brief explores behavioural and community dynamics related to plague outbreaks in Madagascar.
Most countries have restricted entry to reduce transmission of COVID-19
Summary including collaborating with local groups and adopting holistic approaches.
The revival of community and neighbourhood solidarities around COVID-19 are an example of how such social relationships are crucial in responding to uncertainty.
Disease responses may be informed by science (or rather multiple sciences), but they must be led by people.