Medical anthropologist | urban health and well-being | epidemic preparedness & response | political economy of health. Research Fellow at @IDS_UK @SSHAP_action
This is going to be an important test of our global health security system(s). I hope we actually use learning from COVID, esp around vax and therapeutics equity and the use of social science in response.
This week’s cover: a Lancet Editorial on #mpox, once again a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) demanding a coordinated international response.
Editorial ▶️ https://t.co/iaOoNl5mI2
Full issue ▶️ https://t.co/iOWVZLqg93
A new #mpox emergency has been declared but the politics of global inequities persist.
A 🧵 of the analysis from IDS researcher Hayley MacGregor as part of @SSHAP_action.
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What's politics got to do with it? In our @bmj_latest analysis piece we argue that viewing vaccines as inherently political can help to build trust in an age of misinformation
https://t.co/qFx8esMfXL
💡NEW BRIEF
💊Which contextual factors shape #health emergencies in the #WestAfrica region? How should these inform priorities for responding to health crises?
Read the brief 👇https://t.co/rrKtCl1vXY
IDS researchers are among those receiving new funding grants under two UK initiatives to foster innovative and international social science collaborations. 🌎
Including @grassandgreens@IanScoones@CarolineKhene@MSchmidtSane
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https://t.co/YH0nQyuizl
I really enjoyed Moore-Sheeley's meticulously researched book on #ITNs (& what led to their scale up). As we all know, ITNs are ubiquitous in SSA, and yet rarely are critically examined. How did we get here, and what does this tell us about the state of #globalhealth? Read more:
In her new review for #HAReads, @MSchmidtSane of @IDS_UK reviews "What Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Nets Can Tell Us About The State Of Global Health" by Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, which discusses how these nets are a lens to understand wider issues of power. https://t.co/EaU7KcqMjT
Please consider supporting our incredible partners @Wanavijiji_sdi wa Wanavijiji who are supporting the tens of thousands of households living in informal settlements that have been badly affected by severe flooding across the city.
https://t.co/zpPNlWlQDW
📽️ We've got a new short video documentary about community-involved TB support in #India, created with our partner @SPARCIndia2.
Watch it now: https://t.co/hM2E8Z7fvb #tuberculosis
Huge thanks to film maker @mihirpatilhande and our colleague @raovinodtweets for all their work!
From Accra to Tokyo, Harare to Washington, the continent’s pool of research experts, lecturers and other scholars have been making life-changing decisions that help change the world every day.
@Sheriffb features 10 African scholars to watch this year. https://t.co/BCS9nlWEg0
ROAPE is now fully open access, each journal article, review, briefing & debate for 50 years is available for everyone to read. ROAPE is also welcoming new submissions to our peer-reviewed journal. Here are instructions how to submit on our new platform.
https://t.co/SDHXKqHQ0t
Emergency rules have started in #Zambia to help combat the #Cholera outbreak.
@SSHAP_action, in partnership with IDS, have resources to support effective, community-centred & data-driven community engagement for cholera outbreak response 👇
https://t.co/6m7pAiZG3N
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Take a look at the new special issue on medical mistrust edited by @MSchmidtSane @THrynick @lizziestorer & Santi Ripoll. I have an article in the issue too: The centrality of (mis)trust in pandemic preparedness in Sub-Saharan Africa: a conceptual framework
https://t.co/bJD9H5Aqp8