Social Science in Humanitarian Action

Review of the Evidence Landscape on the Risk Communication and Community Engagement Interventions Among the Rohingya Refugees to Enhance Healthcare Seeking Behaviours in Cox's Bazar

Yonally, Emilie; Butler, Nadia; Ripoll, Santiago; Tulloch, Olivia (SSHAP, 2021-07-22)

This report is the first output in a body of work undertaken to identify operationally feasible suggestions to improve risk communication and community engagement efforts (RCCE) with displaced Rohingya people in Cox’s ...

Key Considerations: India's Deadly Second COVID-19 Wave: Addressing Impacts and Building Preparedness Against Future Waves

Bhatt, Mihir R.; Srivastava, Shilpi; Schmidt-Sane, Megan; Mehta, Lyla (SSHAP, 2021-06-25)

Since February 2021, countless lives have been lost in India, which has compounded the social and economic devastation caused by the second wave of COVID-19. The sharp surge in cases across the country overwhelmed the ...

Data Synthesis: COVID-19 Vaccine Perceptions in Africa: Social and Behavioural Science Data, March 2020-March 2021

Tulloch, Olivia; Roldan de Jong, Tamara; Bardosh, Kevin (SSHAP, 2021-05-06)

Safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 are seen as a critical path to ending the pandemic. This synthesis brings together data related to public perceptions about COVID-19 vaccines collected between March 2020 and ...

Rapid Review: Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccines in South Africa

Roldan de Jong, Tamara (SSHAP, 2021-04-21)

As of April 19, 2021, South Africa has recorded 1.56 million COVID-19 cases and almost 54,000 deaths - more than any other country on the African continent. The country has begun the national rollout of the Johnson & ...

Smart Cities and COVID-19: Implications for Data Ecosystems from Lessons Learned in India

Gupte, Jaideep; Babu, Sarath MG; Ghosh, Debjani; Kasper, Eric; Mehra, Priyanka; Raza, Asif (SSHAP, 2021-03-25)

This brief distils best data practice recommendations through consideration of key issues involved in the use of technology for surveillance, fact-checking and coordinated control during crisis or emergency response in ...

Key Considerations: Indigenous Peoples in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

Araujo, Susana; Cannon, Mariah; Schmidt-Sane, Megan; Shankland, Alex; Snijder, Mieke; Wu, Yi-Chin (SSHAP, 2021-03-25)

Indigenous peoples have experienced heightened vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic and face disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality. To better address these vulnerabilities, it is critical to adapt COVID-19 ...

Key Considerations: 2021 Outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, the Context of N’Zérékoré

Roth, Emmanuelle (SSHAP, 2021-03-23)

This brief summarises key considerations about the social, political and economic context shaping the outbreak of Ebola in the N’Zérékoré prefecture, Guinea, as of March 2021. The outbreak was declared on 14 February 2021, ...

SSHAP Roundtable: 2021 Ebola Outbreak in Guinea

Bedford, Juliet (SSHAP, 2021-03-23)

SSHAP convened a virtual roundtable of expert advisors on Friday 12 March 2021 to discuss the outbreak of Ebola in Guinea declared on 14 February 2021. At the time of writing (19 March 2021), there have been 18 cases (14 ...

Key Considerations: Operational Considerations for Building Community Resilience for COVID-19 Response and Recovery

Schmidt-Sane, Megan; Niederberger, Eva; Hrynick, Tabitha (SSHAP, 2021-01-26)

As the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there is a need to robustly support vulnerable communities and bolster ‘community resilience.’ A community resilience approach means to work in partnership with ...

Community Resilience: Key Concepts and their Applications to Epidemic Shocks

Schmidt-Sane, Megan; Hrynick, Tabitha; Niederberger, Eva (SSHAP, 2021-01-26)

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed long-standing social inequalities and vulnerabilities, with the most disadvantaged and marginalised groups bearing the greatest health, social, and economic burdens. Beyond documenting ...

SSHAP: 6 Ways to Incorporate Social Context and Trust in Infodemic Management

Ripoll, Santiago; Cole, Jennifer; Tulloch, Olivia; Schmidt-Sane, Megan; Hrynick, Tabitha (SSHAP, 2021-01-07)

Information epidemiology or infodemiology is the study of infodemics - defined by the World Health Organization as an overabundance of information, some accurate and some not, that occurs during a pandemic or other significant ...

SSHAP In-Focus: COVID-19, Uncertainty, Vulnerability and Recovery in India

Pickard, Justin; Srivastava, Shilpi; Bhatt, Mihir R.; Mehta, Lyla (SSHAP, 2020-11-30)

This paper addresses COVID-19 in India, looking at how the interplay of inequality, vulnerability, and the pandemic has compounded uncertainties for poor and marginalised groups, leading to insecurity, stigma and a severe ...

Rapid Review: Vaccine Hesitancy and Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccination

Hrynick, Tabitha; Schmidt-Sane, Megan; Ripoll, Santiago (SSHAP, 2020-11-20)

COVID-19 vaccine has been framed as the ultimate solution needed to end the pandemic. A substantial number of vaccine candidates are in development, and several are undergoing clinical trials, with the first promising ...

Synthesis: RCCE Strategies to Overcome Covid-19 Response Fatigue in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa

Yonally, Emilie; Tulloch, Olivia; Butler, Nadia; Gillespie, Amaya (SSHAP, 2020-11-18)

In situations of long term or protracted emergencies, populations can suffer from fatigue or complacency about the measures designed to protect them. This brief focuses on social and cultural influences for sustained ...

SSHAP-AFRICA CDC Webinar: Lockdowns and Easing of Restrictions: What Can be Done to Adapt to Local Contexts and Protect those who are Vulnerable?

The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) (2020-07-30)

Early responses to COVID-19 in Africa were characterised by stringent public health and safety measures (PHSM). While these measures might have delayed or contained outbreaks, African countries now face increasing political ...