Medical anthropologist | urban health and well-being | epidemic preparedness & response | political economy of health. Research Fellow at @IDS_UK @SSHAP_action
Joined September 2009
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Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
Special Briefing on Mpox Outbreak in Africa | Sept. 19, 2024 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1zqKVYpnw…
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New letter: “At the syndemic intersection of #mpox and HIV, where do migrants stand?” hubs.li/Q02MkvfV0
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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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ALT #Mpox in large letters on a blue background. World Health Organization is written alongside the circular logo at the bottom.
Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
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
bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2024…
Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
💡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 👇socialscienceinaction.org/re…
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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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ALT Two people walking through flood water in front of a row of basic shops with corrugated metal roofs.
Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
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.
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📽️ We've got a new short video documentary about community-involved TB support in #India, created with our partner @SPARCIndia2.
Watch it now: ariseconsortium.org/learn-mo… #tuberculosis
Huge thanks to film maker @mihirpatilhande and our colleague @raovinodtweets for all their work!
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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
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. theafricareport.com/334013/1…
Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
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. theafricareport.com/334013/1…
Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
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.
roape.net/2024/01/18/roape-w…
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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 👇
socialscienceinaction.pulse.…
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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
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publ…
New supplementary issue of the Journal of the British Academy, 'Exploring Medical Mistrust: From Clinic to Community' explores and unpacks the complex relationships intertwined with contemporary manifestations of mistrust in medicine:
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publ…
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📸At the end of last year we held our annual meeting in Sierra Leone.
@MurthyShrutika and @LeahMBrettell captured some great photos of the event. Take a peek, see our team in action! 📸
ariseconsortium.org/our-2023…
ALT Our researchers at a field visit to an informal settlement in Freetown
Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
🔎NEW BRIEF
What are the implications of the El Niño #climate pattern for risk communication and community engagement in East & Southern #Africa?
Read a new brief by @no_palindrome.
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socialscienceinaction.org/re…
#ElNiño #ClimateCrisis
ALT Adelaide Maphangane stands beside an empty water hole in the district of Mabalane, Mozambique. Photo: Aurélie Marrier d'Unienville / IFRC. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED.
Megan Schmidt-Sane retweeted
Application deadline: 11 Dec🚨
Empowering #CommunityEngagement & Involvement in #GlobalHealth #Research specialist course📉
Find out more & secure your place before the deadline➡️
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Join @SSHAP_action for a webinar on 14 December 2023 led by members of its global network of #social science researchers & #humanitarian practitioners to explore insights and ideas for decolonising aid & emergency response.⬇️
📣Our next webinar.
Decolonizing humanitarian action.
🗓️14 December 2023.
Hear SSHAP fellows discuss insights and practical actions from their experiences in South America, West Africa, and South East Asia.
Register for the webinar: 👇
socialscienceinaction.org/bl…
ALT On December 14, hear ideas and concrete actions from SSHAP fellows in South America, West Africa, and Southeast Asia.
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@BBCNews why is this the image being used to report on the current situation in Sierra Leone? We need responsible journalism at this delicate time
bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-…