SSHAP_action's profile picture. Mobilising #SocialScience in crises. @IDS_UK #Anthrologica @LSHTM @GuluVarsity @gecshisp @uojuba @UniIbadan @SLURC_FT @wellcometrust @FCDOGovUK @UNICEF

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Mobilising #SocialScience in crises. @IDS_UK #Anthrologica @LSHTM @GuluVarsity @gecshisp @uojuba @UniIbadan @SLURC_FT @wellcometrust @FCDOGovUK @UNICEF

Amidst complex crises, #aid cuts and polarising #politics, how should researchers confront injustice and oppression? How can they amplify people's voices and experiences? Explore these questions @LSHTM_Crises annual event in #London on 25 November.

SSHAP_action's tweet image. Amidst complex crises, #aid cuts and polarising #politics, how should researchers confront injustice and oppression? How can they amplify people's voices and experiences?  

Explore these questions @LSHTM_Crises annual event in #London on 25 November.

Global cholera cases rose by 5% and deaths by 50% in 2024 compared to 2023, with more than 6000 people dying from a disease that is both preventable and treatable. Explore SSHAP’s resources on community-centred preparedness and response to #cholera. 🔗socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/glob…

SSHAP_action's tweet image. Global cholera cases rose by 5% and deaths by 50% in 2024 compared to 2023, with more than 6000 people dying from a disease that is both preventable and treatable.

Explore SSHAP’s resources on community-centred preparedness and response to #cholera.

🔗socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/glob…

This Question Bank provides guidance for teams undertaking social science research within communities experiencing a viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak or who are at risk of infection. socialscienceinaction.org/resources/vira… #Ebola #DRC #VHF

SSHAP_action's tweet image. This Question Bank provides guidance for teams undertaking social science research within communities experiencing a viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak or who are at risk of infection. 

socialscienceinaction.org/resources/vira…

#Ebola #DRC #VHF

On 4 Sept 2025 the #DRC Ministry of Health declared an #Ebola virus disease #EVD outbreak. SSHAP compiled resources to highlight key socio-cultural considerations for disease control during 2018-2020 outbreaks in #Équateur #NorthKivu #SouthKivu #Ituri. ➡️socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/ebol…

SSHAP_action's tweet image. On 4 Sept 2025 the #DRC Ministry of Health declared an #Ebola virus disease #EVD outbreak.

SSHAP compiled resources to highlight key socio-cultural considerations for disease control during 2018-2020 outbreaks in #Équateur #NorthKivu #SouthKivu #Ituri.

➡️socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/ebol…

🇸🇸Our recent roundtable discussion with government actors, academics, development partners and journalists in #SouthSudan reflected on the sweeping impacts on people and programmes of #aidcuts and multiple, intersecting #crises. 👀Read the report: socialscienceinaction.org/resources/meet…

SSHAP_action's tweet image. 🇸🇸Our recent roundtable discussion with government actors, academics, development partners and journalists in #SouthSudan reflected on the sweeping impacts on people and programmes of #aidcuts and multiple, intersecting #crises.

👀Read the report: socialscienceinaction.org/resources/meet…

📈Cases of #mpox in #urban informal settlements, with high #population densities, overcrowded dwellings & inadequate #infrastructure, are concerning. 🔎Our new brief considers the design & delivery of mpox responses that are adapted to these contexts. socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-…

SSHAP_action's tweet image. 📈Cases of #mpox in #urban informal settlements, with high #population densities, overcrowded dwellings & inadequate #infrastructure, are concerning.  

🔎Our new brief considers the design & delivery of mpox responses that are adapted to these contexts.

socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-…

What are key considerations for the introduction of experimental vaccines during #health emergencies? We look at the experimental stages of #vaccine development during a #disease outbreak & highlight critical issues for communication & engagement. socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-…

SSHAP_action's tweet image. What are key considerations for the introduction of experimental vaccines during #health emergencies?

We look at the experimental stages of #vaccine development during a #disease outbreak & highlight critical issues for communication & engagement.

socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-…

In countries where people with diverse sexual orientation, #gender identity &/or expression are stigmatised or criminalised, #mpox responses must avoid further harms. 📖Read our analysis of the vulnerabilities, risks & operational considerations #SOGIE 🔗socialscienceinaction.org/resources/supp…

SSHAP_action's tweet image. In countries where people with diverse sexual orientation, #gender identity &/or expression are stigmatised or criminalised, #mpox responses must avoid further harms.

📖Read our analysis of the vulnerabilities, risks & operational considerations #SOGIE

🔗socialscienceinaction.org/resources/supp…

#Mpox has spread along the Busia-Malaba border linking #Kenya & #Uganda. @HughLamarque & Hannah Brown highlight how community responses are shaped by access to information, understandings & beliefs, household structures & cross-border mobility patterns socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-…

SSHAP_action's tweet image. #Mpox has spread along the Busia-Malaba border linking #Kenya & #Uganda.  

@HughLamarque & Hannah Brown highlight how community responses are shaped by access to information, understandings & beliefs, household structures & cross-border mobility patterns

socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-…

After nearly a decade of protracted conflict in #Yemen 🇾🇪, @mamoonalabsi asks: ❓Can localised #governance & #community driven strategies truly build #resilience in fragile #urban contexts? ❓Does the reality live up to the rhetoric? 📖socialscienceinaction.org/blogs-and-news… #SDG11

SSHAP_action's tweet image. After nearly a decade of protracted conflict in #Yemen 🇾🇪, @mamoonalabsi asks:

❓Can localised #governance & #community driven strategies truly build #resilience in fragile #urban contexts?

❓Does the reality live up to the rhetoric?

📖socialscienceinaction.org/blogs-and-news…

#SDG11

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The rollback in #gender rights & challenges to global #health threaten to reverse decades of progress. A new Lancet Commission report provides a roadmap to navigate & inform action. Join us in-person or online on 14 May for the report's launch at IDS. 👉ids.ac.uk/events/the-lan…


The potential for viral haemorrhagic fever #outbreaks in #Tanzania & #Uganda to spread into neighbouring countries makes understanding cross-border dynamics crucial. Read our new brief on cross-border dynamics between #Burundi & Tanzania. socialscienceinaction.org/resources/cros… #Marburg


Social dynamics and community perspectives must inform vaccine trials and roll-out. 📖Read SSHAP’s new briefing on social and behavioural considerations for #vaccine use during #health emergencies in sub-Saharan #Africa. socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-… #mpox #Marburg #Ebola

SSHAP_action's tweet image. Social dynamics and community perspectives must inform vaccine trials and roll-out.  

📖Read SSHAP’s new briefing on social and behavioural considerations for #vaccine use during #health emergencies in sub-Saharan #Africa.  

socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-…

#mpox #Marburg #Ebola

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Looking to further your career in humanitarian health in 2025? @LSHTM has in-person & distance learning programmes to help health professionals gain the knowledge & networks to improve health worldwide Learn more at our Virtual Open Days 🗓 11-13 Feb lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-us…

LSHTM_Crises's tweet image. Looking to further your career in humanitarian health in 2025? @LSHTM has in-person & distance learning programmes to help health professionals gain the knowledge & networks to improve health worldwide

Learn more at our Virtual Open Days 🗓 11-13 Feb
lshtm.ac.uk/study/visit-us…

On 30 January 2025, @MinofHealthUG confirmed a case of Sudan #Ebola Virus Disease in #Kampala. A process of contact tracing & isolation is underway. Social science insights from previous Ebola outbreaks can inform the response. socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/ebol… @WHOUganda @WHOAFRO


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