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Key Considerations: Cross-Border Dynamics Between South Sudan and DRC
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-11-11)This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and surrounding provinces. In ... -
Social Science and Behavioural Data Compilation (#4), Ebola Outbreak Eastern DRC, June-August 2019
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019)This rapid compilation of data analyses provides a ‘stock-take’ of social science and behavioural data related to the on-going outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces. Based on data gathered and ... -
Cross Border Dynamics: Burundi-DRC (Updated August 2019)
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-08-05)This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. It is the third ... -
The Context of Sofala and Manica in Relation to Cyclone Idai Response in Mozambique
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-07)Rapid review question: What contextual factors (e.g. community structures and dynamics) are relevant in the urban and rural areas affected by cyclone Idai (Sofala and Manica provinces)? How do social and cultural factors ... -
Health-Seeking Behaviours in Sofala and Manica in Relation to Cyclone Idai Response
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-07)Rapid review question: What are the health-seeking and nutritional practices of the affected populations? How do they frame, understand and engage in prevention of cholera/AWD, malaria, measles/rubella (or vaccine preventable ... -
Cross-Border Dynamics and Healthcare in West Nile, Uganda
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-07)Against the backdrop of on-going preparedness work in Uganda as related to the outbreak of Ebola in DRC, this brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics and health structures and behaviours in the ... -
Social Science and Behavioural Data Compilation (No. 3), Ebola Outbreak Eastern DRC February-May 2019
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-06-25)This rapid compilation of data analyses provides a ‘stock-take’ of social science and behavioural data related to the on-going outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Based on data gathered and analysed by ... -
Key Considerations: Bushmeat in the Border Areas of South Sudan and DRC
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-05-22)In the context of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), May 2019, this brief summarises key considerations about bushmeat (meat derived from wild animals for human consumption) in the context ... -
Politics, Factions and Violence: Listening to Local Voices on Ebola. Local Media Update 3 (February-April 2019)
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-05-21)This brief summarises local media and messages circulating via social media outlets including WhatsApp and local radio and press outlets in the Beni and Butembo areas of North Kivu, DRC between February and April 2019. It ... -
Rwanda – DRC Cross Border Dynamics, April 2019
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-04)This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. It is the second ... -
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic, Part III: Recovery
(UNICEF, 2018)This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic ... -
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic, Part II: Response
(UNICEF, 2018)This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic ... -
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic, Part 1: Preparedness
(UNICEF, 2018)This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic ... -
Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic
(UNICEF, 2018)This report is for supervisors managing ongoing Ebola outbreaks, or working on preparedness and recovery activities in regions at risk of, or affected by, Ebola epidemics. It is based on rapid and intensive ethnographic ... -
Key Considerations: Ebola Preparedness and Readiness in Goma, DRC
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-03)This brief summarises key considerations about the social, political and economic context of Goma in relation to the outbreak of Ebola in the DRC as of March 2019. Goma is the administrative capital of North Kivu province ... -
Social Science and Behavioural Data Compilation, DRC Ebola Outbreak, November 2018-February 2019
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-03-05)This rapid compilation of data analyses provides a ‘stock-take’ of social science and behavioural data related to the on-going outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Based on data gathered and analysed by ... -
Social Science Lessons Learned from Ebola Epidemics - Evidence Summary
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-02)In this ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, different aspects of past disease outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify social science ‘entry points’ for preparedness and response activities. This brief draws out some ... -
Community Responses to the Ebola Response: Beni, North Kivu
(Congo Initiative Bethesda Counseling Center, 2019-02)Since July 2013, a series of massacres have occurred in the Beni territory of North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, an area heavily affected by the current Ebola outbreak. More than 1,000 civilians have been ... -
Social Science in Epidemics: Influenza and SARS Lessons Learned
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2019-01)This report is the third instalment of the ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, commissioned by the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Direct Assistance (OFDA). In this series, past outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify ... -
Uganda-DRC Cross-Border Dynamics
(UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2018-12)This brief summarises key considerations concerning cross-border dynamics between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and surrounding provinces, December ...
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