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This webinar will share key learnings from the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform’s mobilisation of evidence and expertise on the social dimensions of diseases outbreaks, health emergencies and humanitarian crises to improve preparedness and response.
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This webinar will draw on the work of the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) to highlight key experiential insights and lessons from SSHAP’s mobilisation of social science perspectives and evidence to contribute to improved preparedness and response to outbreaks, health emergencies and humanitarian crises.
The webinar will feature SSHAP members, partners and stakeholders who will present learning through examples of SSHAP’s work and discuss key considerations for how to encourage and support emergency preparedness and responses that are contextually informed, sensitive to vulnerabilities and power relations, planned in consultation with affected communities and local institutions, and based on social and interdisciplinary science and evidence.
The webinar will explore a range of themes to enhance the integration and impact of social science knowledge and expertise, including:
- localisation of leadership and knowledge
- capacity building of individuals, institutions and networks
- and responding to knowledge needs and gaps.
Speakers
- Jeremy Farrar, Chief Scientist, World Health Organization
- Rachel James, Interagency RCCE Coordinator for East and Southern Africa, UNICEF/Collective Service
- Jennifer Palmer, Associate Professor, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
- Hayley MacGregor, Professor of Medical Anthropology and Global Health, Institute of Development Studies, UK
- Juliet Bedford, Founder and Director, Anthrologica, UK.
- Hanna Woldemeskel, Social and Behaviour Change Manager, UNICEF Zambia
- Godefroid Muzalia, Research Director, Groupe d’Etudes sur les Conflits et la Sécurité Humaine (GEC-SH), DRC
Chair
Melissa Parker, Professor of Medical Anthropology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
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