On 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 2018-2020 outbreaks in #Équateur#NorthKivu#SouthKivu#Ituri.
➡️https://t.co/vJ2OuHv35N
🇸🇸Our 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://t.co/DZKZ5nUqlt
A new blog by SSHAP's Prof Leben Nelson Moro, @uojuba, highlights how US overseas #aid cuts will devastate South Sudan's #healthcare system at a time of political and economic crisis.
👉https://t.co/wzFBVC4D4M
#SouthSudan#USAID#USFundingCuts#cholera
📈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://t.co/bNVEIQTxf0
#Mpox has spread along the Busia-Malaba border linking #Kenya & #Uganda.
@HughLamarque & Hannah Brown highlight how community responses are shaped by access to information, understandings & beliefs, household structures & cross-border mobility patterns
https://t.co/ztV0uF39PR
The rollback in #gender rights & challenges to global #health threaten to reverse decades of progress.
A new Lancet Commission report provides a roadmap to navigate & inform action.
Join us in-person or online on 14 May for the report's launch at IDS.
👉https://t.co/JqOCzFhTrC
The @H_S_Global Private Sector in #Health working group is hosting a satellite session on 18 Nov at #HSR2024.
Join @psinhealth members & delegates to discuss new evidence & insights.
Explore opportunities for research & collaboration with analysts, policymakers & innovators.
⌛️1 day to go until we explore the contribution of social, cultural, and political #knowledge in humanitarian response and preparedness.
🤝Make sure you join us.
▶️https://t.co/UnhToxo8H6
🥁Only 2 days to go until our #CFS52 side event.
🔗Join us in-person or online to forge a common agenda for #urban and #food#justice.
Register: https://t.co/FUrY0K0GY7
Senegal's first #COVIDー19 case highlighted lessons from the #Ebola epidemic, enhancing preparedness strategies. By integrating insights from both crises, Senegal is now adopting a One Health approach that considers human, animal, and environmental health.
https://t.co/Oqa4kqId7h
📢WEBINAR
7 Nov 2024
13:00 to 14:30 UTC
Join us to explore learnings from mobilising cultural, social & political #knowledge for #health#emergency preparedness & response.
How can social science #evidence be integrated into #humanitarian action?
https://t.co/CLe0wWLi9c
Write a blog on climate change & health in Africa for @AHOPlatform✍️🏿
AHOP are commissioning blogs that analyse existing policies on #climate change and #healthsystems from countries within the WHO African region.
Submit an outline by 2 August. Details: https://t.co/iHGIajuSwK
@IDS_UK is part of an exciting new #AMR#policy fellowship programme between the #UK and #Japan to help tackle the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance.⬇️
https://t.co/Qsh4vlT8c3
💡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
The next edition of our @IDS_UK short course "Empowering community engagement and involvement in global health research" is coming!
🗓️ 9 to 13 September 2024
📌IDS, Brighton, UK
📨Apply by 19 June for a 10% discount
https://t.co/ebNYIpcFMo