We provide social science evidence on demand, capacity-building and networking spaces on emergencies that relate to health, conflict or the environment. Find out more: www.socialscienceinaction.org #Humanitarian #EmergencyResponsehttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3meqvw2de3k2pRead SSHAP's latest review of social and behavioural #science #research for #mpox in #Africa. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/a-review-of-the-social-and-behavioural-science-research-landscape-for-mpox-in-african-settings/ @dianeduclos.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk @lshtm-crises.bsky.social @lshtmcepr.bsky.social @who.int @k4dd.ids.ac.uk13 Feb 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3meqvw2de3k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3m6ek3hn6ts24Cases of #Marburg virus disease (MVD) in South #Ethiopia Regional State were confirmed by the Ministry of #Health on 14 November. SSHAP's #MVD resources focus on considerations such as national #response capabilities & local #governance structures. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/marburg-virus-disease/24 Nov 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ek3hn6ts24https://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3m4uyj6l3ps2nAmidst 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 at @lshtm-crises.bsky.social annual event in #London on 25 November. https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/events/humanitarian-health-showcase-elevating-voices-strengthening-evidence05 Nov 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4uyj6l3ps2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lyunhpiprs2o#Ebola vaccination of health workers and contacts as begun in the #Bulape health zone of #DRC #KasaiProvince. The response must consider critical social dynamics, including #trust in institutions, #community norms, and #misinformation. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/social-dynamics-of-vaccine-deployment/15 Sep 2025 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyunhpiprs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lyulnh6o622oGlobal cholera cases rose by 5% & deaths by 50% in 2024 compared to 2023. Fifteen more countries reported cases in 2024 than in 2023. Explore SSHAP’s resources on community-centred preparedness & response to #cholera 🔗https://socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/global-surge-in-cholera-outbreaks/15 Sep 2025 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyulnh6o622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lyhww5mk422mThis 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. https://socialscienceinaction.org/resources/viral-haemorrhagic-fevers-question-bank/ #Ebola #DRC #VHF10 Sep 2025 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyhww5mk422mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lyffg5itm22yOn 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 2018-20 outbreaks in #Équateur #NorthKivu #SouthKivu #Ituri. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/ebola-outbreak-drc-2019-20/09 Sep 2025 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyffg5itm22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lqufp5pn6k25Our 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: https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/meeting-report-the-impact-of-global-aid-funding-cuts-on-people-and-programmes-in-south-sudan/05 Jun 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqufp5pn6k25https://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lqubwf6vp225🏠Home-based care is increasingly being explored as a strategy for managing outbreaks and providing treatment for mild forms of diseases. 🔎This SSHAP brief outlines key considerations for safe and inclusive home-based #care for #mpox. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-considerations-home-based-care-for-mpox-in-central-and-east-africa/05 Jun 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqubwf6vp225https://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lqfeisr6bk26📈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. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-considerations-mpox-response-in-urban-informal-settlements/30 May 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfeisr6bk26https://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lqad3kgp7c2mWhat 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 & highlights critical issues for communication & engagement. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-considerations-introducing-experimental-vaccines-during-health-emergencies/28 May 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqad3kgp7c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lpqpkp5qps2tIn 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 https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/supporting-the-mpox-response-for-people-with-diverse-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-and-or-gender-expression-in-contexts-where-their-rights-are-restricted/22 May 2025 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqpkp5qps2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lp7hhrcrts2wMpox has spread along the Busia-Malaba border linking #Kenya & #Uganda. A new brief highlights how community responses to #mpox are shaped by access to information, local understandings & beliefs, household structures & cross-border mobility patterns. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-considerations-mpox-in-the-busia-malaba-border-region-linking-uganda-and-kenya/15 May 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7hhrcrts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lozzg7hpak2rAfter nearly a decade of protracted conflict in #Yemen Mamoon Al-Absi, former SSHAP Fellow, asks: Can localised #governance & #community driven strategies truly build #resilience in fragile #urban contexts? Does the reality live up to the rhetoric? https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/blogs-and-news/community-resilience-in-conflict-zones-a-distraction-a-solution-or-both-a-personal-perspective-from-yemen/13 May 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lozzg7hpak2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3loizyhovlk2oSSHAP's latest newsletter is out. Read Dr Leben Nelson Moro's blog on the implications of #aidcuts for South Sudan's #healthcare system. https://mailchi.mp/socialscienceinaction/april2025 #SouthSudan #aid #globalhealth #healthforall #uhc06 May 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3loizyhovlk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lm4ygykqkk2yA new blog by SSHAP's Prof Leben Nelson Moro, University of #Juba, highlights how US overseas #aid cuts will devastate South Sudan's #healthcare system at a time of political and economic crisis. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/blogs-and-news/aid-cuts-and-healthcare-devastation-in-south-sudan/ #SouthSudan #USAID #USFundingCuts #cholera06 Apr 2025 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm4ygykqkk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lkuxb6dnok2a🚨New blog! Learning from an evolving public #health #emergency to guide responses to #mpox in #Africa. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/blogs-and-news/learning-from-an-evolving-public-health-emergency-to-guide-responses-to-mpox-in-africa/ @ids.ac.uk @lshtmcepr.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ukhsa.bsky.social @whoafro.bsky.social @who.int21 Mar 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkuxb6dnok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lkstvjri4k2u📢 Our latest SSHAP newsletter is out! It includes: ⭕ social and behavioural considerations for vaccine use during health emergencies; ⭕ cross-border dynamics between Burundi and Tanzania in the context of viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks. And lots more! https://mailchi.mp/socialscienceinaction/march202520 Mar 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkstvjri4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lknmutwqec27The potential for viral haemorrhagic fever #outbreaks in #Tanzania and #Uganda to spread into neighbouring countries makes understanding cross-border dynamics crucial. Read our new brief on cross-border dynamics between #Burundi and Tanzania. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/cross-border-dynamics-between-burundi-and-tanzania-in-the-context-of-viral-haemorrhagic-fever-outbreaks-2025/ #Marburg18 Mar 2025 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknmutwqec27https://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lknesogh7c27Social 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. https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/key-considerations-using-social-and-behavioural-science-to-inform-the-use-of-vaccines-during-health-emergencies/ #mpox #Marburg #Ebola18 Mar 2025 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lknesogh7c27https://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lk73yq6i5k2sInterested in issues of #trust, #community norms, and #misinformation, and their influence on #vaccine uptake and acceptance? SSHAP has compiled its resources on the social dynamics of vaccine deployment.⬇️ https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/social-dynamics-of-vaccine-deployment/12 Mar 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk73yq6i5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lk73o65ucs2sSSHAP's work is featured in a recent UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub case study - part of a series on academic-practitioner collaborations in #humanitarian settings. 👉https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/blogs-and-news/connecting-social-scientists-and-humanitarians-to-tackle-local-challenges/12 Mar 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk73o65ucs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lhgvjxguic2iFor useful #Marburg resources on #CommunityEngagement and #RiskCommunication please see our collection at: https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/marburg-virus-disease/ #MVD #Tanzania #EmergencyResponse @msf.org @who.int [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgvjxguic2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lhglbcayrs2t📩Our latest newsletter has just dropped 👇🏽 https://mailchi.mp/socialscienceinaction/june-12838619 @ids.ac.uk @lshtm.bsky.social #Ebola #SouthSudan #humanitarian #EmergencyResponse05 Feb 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhglbcayrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lhg6aycxqk27This is incredible news from @who.int 👏🏽 #Emergency responders: #SocialScience insights from previous Ebola outbreaks can inform the current response. Explore our resources here 👇🏽 https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/ebola-sudan-strain-outbreak-in-uganda/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Feb 2025 08:38 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhg6aycxqk27https://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lhdqedtctc2kNew on our resource page: the new mapping study of #CommunityEngagement tools for #vaccination in low- and middle-income countries from the #PulseProject. Find this and others like it 👇🏽 https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/resources/mapping-community-engagement-tools-for-vaccination-in-lmic-settings/ @lshtm.bsky.social @ifrc.org @icrc.org #humanitarian #LMIC04 Feb 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhdqedtctc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sshap-action.bsky.social/post/3lgxvdl7tvk2zThe health ministry in #Uganda has confirmed a new #Ebola outbreak in Kampala. #SocialScience insights will make for more effective, contextually appropriate responses. #Emergency responders: find vital resources here 👇🏽 https://www.socialscienceinaction.org/emergency/ebola-sudan-strain-outbreak-in-uganda/ @msf.ca @who.int #outbreak30 Jan 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:75b5tl7a26n4l4ejrs7khpuw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxvdl7tvk2z