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UNICEF/UNI174000/Marion
Background report

HIV/AIDS, Forests and Futures in sub-Saharan Africa

Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic is having devastating and tragic social, economic, and political impacts. HIV/AIDS is both a health issue and a development problem, with complex links to rural livelihoods, human capacity, and…
STEPS Centre
2011
UNICEF/UNI85229/Nesbitt
Background report

Haemorrhagic Fevers in Africa: Narratives, Politics and Pathways of Disease and Response

Outbreak narratives have justified rapid and sometimes draconian international policy responses and control measures. Yet there is a variety of other ways of framing haemorrhagic fevers. There present different views concerning who is at risk, and how? Is the ‘system’…
STEPS Centre
2008
UNICEF/UNI202916/Holt
Briefing

The Lessons of Swine Flu

As the swine flu outbreak backstory seeps out, there are some vitally important lessons that can be learned. Huge investment in pandemic preparedness and contingency plans, improvements in surveillance and response systems and stockpiling of drugs and vaccines have followed recent avian…
The Guardian
2009
UNICEF/UN010144/Ayene
Briefing

Beyond Risk Factors: The All-Too-Human World of Zoonotic Pandemics

While we might enjoy the entertainment, in real life people prefer their experts to be optimists – which, fortunately, characterises most of us working in the world of global health, even when working in very adverse and trying circumstances. We…
STEPS Centre
2016
UNICEF/UN038738/Romana
Briefing

Is the Health System Response Out of Sync with the Demands of the Islanders in the Indian Sundarbans?

Five years ago, a mid-summer nightmare named Aila crashed on the Sundarbans with murderous fury and wreaked destruction beyond repair. On May 25, 2009 the tropical cyclone hit the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh with a wind speed of 110…
IDS
2014
UNICEF/UNI172457/Bindra
Evidence review

Research Update and Situation Analysis – Sierra Leone

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is an ESPA1-funded research programme designed to deliver much-needed, cutting-edge science on the relationships between ecosystems, zoonoses, health and wellbeing with the objective of moving people out of poverty and promoting social…
ESPA
2013
UNICEF/UN08768/Leadismo
Evidence review

Research Update and Situation Analysis – Kenya

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is an ESPA1-funded research programme designed to deliver much-needed, cutting-edge science on the relationships between ecosystems, zoonoses, health and wellbeing with the objective of moving people out of poverty and promoting social…
ESPA
2013
UNICEF/UNI156710/d'Elbee
Evidence review

Research Update and Situation Analysis – Zambia

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is an ESPA1-funded research programme designed to deliver much-needed, cutting-edge science on the relationships between ecosystems, zoonoses, health and wellbeing with the objective of moving people out of poverty and promoting social…
ESPA
2013
UNICEF/UN011690/NYAMANHINDI
Evidence review

Research Update and Situation Analysis – Zimbabwe

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is an ESPA1-funded research programme designed to deliver much-needed, cutting-edge science on the relationships between ecosystems, zoonoses, health and wellbeing with the objective of moving people out of poverty and promoting social…
ESPA
2013
UNICEF/UNI162183/Frisone
Evidence review

Research Update and Situation Analysis –  Ghana

The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is an ESPA1-funded research programme designed to deliver much-needed, cutting-edge science on the relationships between ecosystems, zoonoses, health and wellbeing with the objective of moving people out of poverty and promoting social…
ESPA
2013
UNICEF/UNI47792/Asselin
Futures thinking

Disease scenarios Africa

This website details scenarios explored by researchers from the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium and developed by the Stockholm Resilience Centre.
IDS
UNICEF/UN040270/
Briefing

Looking Beyond Prosthetics? Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Relief Efforts

As the rapid response briefing on “Including people with disabilities in emergency relief efforts” from IDS shows, emergencies have a disproportionate impact on those already marginalised by society, including people with disabilities and their families. For example, people with disabilities are…
IDS
2016

Find emergency response resources

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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