Social Science in Humanitarian Action (SSHAP): Recent submissions

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    • Planning for Post-Ebola: Lessons Learned From DR Congo’s 9th Epidemic, Part II: Response 

      Alcayna-Stevens, Lys (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 

      Alcayna-Stevens, Lys (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 

      Alcayna-Stevens, Lys (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 

      Peyton, David; Gercama, Ingrid; Bedford, Juliet (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 

      Bardosh, Kevin; Gercama, Ingrid; Bedford, Juliet (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 

      Ripoll, Santiago; Gercama, Ingrid; Jones, Theresa; Wilkinson, Annie (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 

      Kasali, Noé (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 

      Ripoll, Santiago; Wilkinson, Annie (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 Disaster Assistance. . In this series, past outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify ...

    • Uganda-DRC Cross-Border Dynamics 

      Bedford, Juliet; Akello, Grace (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 ...

    • Media and Local Messages on Ebola in the Grand Nord, DRC, November-December 2018 

      Sweet, Rachel (UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2018-12-15)
      This note provides an overview of a selection of key messages related to the Ebola outbreak and response that were circulating on WhatsApp and in the local media in the Grand Nord (Beni and Lubero territories), DRC, in ...

    • Social Science in Epidemics: Cholera Lessons Learned 

      Ripoll, Santiago; Wilkinson, Annie (UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2018-11-19)
      This report is the first instalment of the ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, commissioned by the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. In this series, past outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify social ...

    • Social Science in Epidemics: Ebola Virus Disease Lessons Learned 

      Ripoll, Santiago; Gercama, Ingrid; Jones, Theresa; Wilkinson, Annie (UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2018)
      This report is the second instalment of the ‘Social Science in Epidemics’ series, commissioned by the USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. In this series past outbreaks are reviewed in order to identify social ...

    • Social Science and Behavioural Data Compilation - November 2018 

      Bedford, Juliet; Gercama, Ingrid; Bardosh, Kevin (UNICEF, IDS & Anthrologica, 2018-11-25)
      This rapid compilation of data analyses provides a ‘stock-take’ of social science and behavioural data related to the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. Based on data gathered and analysed by organisations ...

    • Xenofobia y Discriminación Hacia Refugiados y Migrantes Venezolanos en Ecuador y Lecciones Aprendidas para la Promoción de la Inclusión Social 

      Ripoll, Santiago; Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth (IDS and UNICEF, 2018-11)
      La crisis política y económica en Venezuela ha transformado al país desde 2010 de un país receptor de inmigrantes a un país emisor de emigrantes. Más de 4,000 venezolanos ingresan a Ecuador cada día, y actualmente la ...

    • Key Considerations: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, North Kivu, DRC 

      Bedford, Juliet (Anthrologica, 2018-10)
      Key considerations: mental health and psychosocial support, North Kivu, DRC This brief summarises key mental health and psychosocial support considerations in relation to the response to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) ...

    • WhatsApp and Local Media (Grand Nord) – 9-18 September 2018 

      Sweet, Rachel; Bedford, Juliet (Anthrologica, 2018-09-19)
      This note provides an overview of a selection of key messages related to the Ebola outbreak and response that are circulating on WhatsApp and the local media (radio, print and video) in North Kivu, DRC, between 9-18 September ...

    • Key Considerations: Changing Behaviours and Care-Seeking Practices in the Grand Nord, North Kivu, DRC 

      Bedford, Juliet (Anthrologica, 2018-09-05)
      This brief summarises key considerations concerning changes in behaviour and care-seeking practices in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in the Grand Nord of North Kivu, DRC, September 2018. Further participatory enquiry ...

    • SSHAP – Local Burial and Mourning Practices: Open-Ended Questions 

      Bedford, Juliet (UNICEF, IDS and Anthrologica, 2018-08-23)
      These questionnaires allow for a rapid quantitative survey (see excel sheet) and qualitative (see word document) appraisal of burial and funeral practices in the context of an Ebola outbreak. The survey uses simple questions ...

    • Key Considerations: Burial, Funeral and Mourning Practices in North Kivu Province, DRC 

      Bedford, Juliet (UNICEF, IDS and Anthrologica, 2018-08)
      This brief summarises key socio-cultural considerations of events related to death, burial, funerals (rites or ceremonies), and mourning in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces, DRC, August ...

    • Key Considerations: the Context of North Kivu Province, DRC 

      Bedford, Juliet; Social Science in Humanitarian Action (UNICEF, IDS and Anthrologica, 2018-08-10)
      This brief summarises key considerations about the context of North Kivu province in relation to the outbreak of Ebola in the DRC, August 2018. The province of North Kivu has six territories: Beni, Lubero, Masisi, Nyiragongo, ...