Second interim report to the SMAC program, DFID Freetown
This report provides further output from an anthropological study of 25 villages affected by Ebola Virus Disease in eastern and central Sierra Leone, undertaken as part of the DFID-funded social mobilization initiative for Ebola prevention in... Sierra Leone. Eight focus group transcripts for 3 villages in Kenema District are presented, covering local responses to health issues, and Ebola in particular. Supporting material from a matching questionnaire-based study of health behavior and perceived causes of Ebola is also provided. Of particular relevance are two summary tables aggregating the questions villagers asked survey teams about Ebola and quarantine-related issues in villages where the epidemic has in effect ceased to be active
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BMC Medicine (2015) 13:42 DOI 10.1186/s12916-014-0263-6
The growing problem of child marriage among Syrian girls in Jordan
A call for national and regional containment, recovery and prevention
A scale to measure (social) participation for use in rehabilitation, stigma reduction and social integration programmes
‘Do not underestimate the capacity of the community; they are smarter and more capable than you think’
Based on further analysis of the 2004 Kenya Service Provision Assessment Survey
National Tuberclosis and
Leprosy Programme (NTLP)
To Initiating a Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Project in Urban Slums with Social Mapping, Census Taking, and Community Engagement