The revival of community and neighbourhood solidarities around COVID-19 are an example of how such social relationships are crucial in responding to uncertainty.
Health systems around the world struggle to respond to COVID-19 amidst declining trust in public authorities, andcitizen-led self-help groups often taking the lead in ways that are undervalued or ignored by policymakers.
In a fast moving and changing world, all kinds of uncertainty will emerge. We need leaders who will listen and adapt. Clear government directives from above are key, but we also need good coordination of local action.
From the impact of city lockdowns to information control, fake news, medical supply shortages and impacts on social inequality, what can we learn from Wuhan?
Social science networks can provide crucial support to stemming nCoV by promoting the understanding of the context-response relationship as emergent and constantly evolving.
Effective prevention and response are not just about finding the right antidote or timely containment, but it’s also about perceptions, interpretation, narratives, communication, trust and collective engagement.
New SSHAP partner the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UKPHRST), and their collaborators, explain why social science needs to be localised in epidemic response and introduce a new West African social science network the ‘West Africa Social Science Epidemic Response Network (WASSERN).
As part of the OFDA-funded SSHAP 'social science in epidemics' workstream, we are consulting with people in the field regarding the case studies and tools that we should develop in the second half of 2019.
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Curated collections of briefings, infographics, tools, blogs and other resources from SSHAP and other organisations working on social sciences in emergencies.
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![A sign posted in Beni on November 25 in response to the UN and Ebola responders. Translation: MONUSCO and Ebola staff should leave this place. We have started an operation against MONUSCO, tomorrow you will see [the bandits we are]. Reproduced with permission.](https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Maryamblog-e1595007661886-400x200.jpg)
