Megan Schmidt-Sane

Medical anthropologist | urban health and well-being | epidemic preparedness & response | political economy of health. Research Fellow at @IDS_UK @SSHAP_action

[Megan Schmidt-Sane @MSchmidtSane]

New article based on our recent research:

Infrastructures of epidemic response: #Mpox and everyday repair work in Nigeria

https://t.co/d0qQXMxWS4

[Africa CDC @AfricaCDC]

Special Briefing on Mpox Outbreak in Africa | Sept. 19, 2024 https://t.co/D1SpuWykAb

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

New letter: “At the syndemic intersection of #mpox and HIV, where do migrants stand?” https://t.co/yltkDnWvXb

[Megan Schmidt-Sane @MSchmidtSane]

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.

[The Lancet @TheLancet]

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

[Megan Schmidt-Sane @MSchmidtSane]

A new mpox emergency declared but the politics of global inequities persist https://t.co/In61aGfvvB via @IDS_UK

[Institute of Development Studies @IDS_UK]

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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[Luisa Enria @luisaenria]

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

[Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform @SSHAP_action]

💡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

[Institute of Development Studies @IDS_UK]

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

[Megan Schmidt-Sane @MSchmidtSane]

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:

[Health Affairs @Health_Affairs]

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

[Megan Schmidt-Sane @MSchmidtSane]

Who Could Catch Bird Flu First? These Experts Have an Idea, and a Way to Help. https://t.co/qHarqdgPh0

[Megan Schmidt-Sane @MSchmidtSane]

For other Columbia alumni, here's a letter of support for student protesters: https://t.co/CyRjqaWnPx

#StudentProtests #ColumbiaUniversity

[One World Together @OWT_UK]

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

[ARISE @ARISEHub]

📽️ 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!

[Megan Schmidt-Sane @MSchmidtSane]

The ‘Bill Gates problem’: do billionaire philanthropists skew global health research? (answer: yes) by Andy Stirling https://t.co/dBCqEgmZPv

[Divine Fuh @divinefuh]

I'm humbled to be nominated in @TheAfricaReport's top 10 & especially to be sharing a platform with scholars I highly respect! Than you!!

@kafmurhula @SimuChigudu @huma_africa @UCT_news @UCT_Research @ASAA_Africa

[The Africa Report @TheAfricaReport]

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 journal @ROAPEjournal]

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

[Institute of Development Studies @IDS_UK]

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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[Catherine Grant @catherinehgrant]

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