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Shielding the vulnerable – a strategy for long-term pandemic response

How to appropriately design and implement shielding with community input, socioeconomic support, and trust

Megan Schmidt-Sane

19 Oct 2020

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Vaccine trials must engage with communities or risk failure, say social scientists

8th October 2020

Social science can inform the ethics, design, recruitment and community engagement, implementation and results dissemination.

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Social science evidence should shape public health response in crises

How to maximize the use of social science evidence for public health emergencies in humanitarian settings

Eva Niederberger

25 Sep 2020

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Viral politics and economics in Zimbabwe

The effects of lockdown combined with an already deteriorating economy causes issues for Zimbabwe

Ian Scoones

30 Jul 2020

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30 July 2020

SSHAP and Africa CDC webinar: Lockdowns and the easing of restrictions

What can be done to adapt to local contexts and to protect those who are vulnerable?

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COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe: ‘We are good at surviving, but things are really tough’

Reflections on recent conversations with colleagues in Zimbabwe.

Ian Scoones

17 Jun 2020

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Putting rapid response and social science at the heart of the website

16th June 2020

A new website to reflect our aims and vision

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Understanding primary needs and issues: Call for research participants

12th June 2020

Help improve the use of research evidence to inform COVID-19 response efforts.

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Social science support for COVID-19: Briefings from the Cellule d’Analyse en Sciences Sociales

26th May 2020

Briefing documents outlining key lessons learned from social sciences analyses during the DRC Ebola outbreak response.

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‘Here, we cannot practice what is preached’: Experiences of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe

An under-resourced Zimbabwean health system is sagging under the weight of existing health and economic issues.

22 May 2020

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Collaborating with religious authorities to curb COVID-19 spread during religious festivals: 5 tips for what good practice looks like

Public health officials fear elevated risk of COVID-19 spread during mass gatherings events, such as prayers, pilgrimages, communal meals, feasts and celebrations.

6 May 2020

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How the ‘disease of the radio’ is the next burden impacting the lives of those on the Uganda-DRC border

The standard WHO model of response can be experienced very, very differently in a remote Ugandan village.

Central and East Africa Hub

8 Apr 2020

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Shielding the vulnerable – a strategy for long-term pandemic response

Vaccine trials must engage with communities or risk failure, say social scientists

Social science evidence should shape public health response in crises

Viral politics and economics in Zimbabwe

SSHAP and Africa CDC webinar: Lockdowns and the easing of restrictions

COVID-19 lockdown in Zimbabwe: ‘We are good at surviving, but things are really tough’

Putting rapid response and social science at the heart of the website

Understanding primary needs and issues: Call for research participants

Social science support for COVID-19: Briefings from the Cellule d’Analyse en Sciences Sociales

‘Here, we cannot practice what is preached’: Experiences of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe

Collaborating with religious authorities to curb COVID-19 spread during religious festivals: 5 tips for what good practice looks like

How the ‘disease of the radio’ is the next burden impacting the lives of those on the Uganda-DRC border

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