Background Vaccine hesitancy is a complex, contested social phenomenon and existing
research highlights the multifaceted role of trust in strengthening vaccine confidence …

The COVID-19 pandemic began as an Ebola epidemic was unfolding in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. In this article, we examine how COVID-19 influenced experiences of …

This paper examines health worker experiences in two areas of post-epidemic
preparedness in Sierra Leone–vaccine trials and laboratory strengthening–to reflect on the …

During the 10th Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in the eastern Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC)(2018–2020), two experimental EVD vaccines were deployed in North …

Scientists and global commentators watched African countries closely in the early months of
the COVID‐19 pandemic, predicting an impending disaster: the virus was projected to …

Abstract The 2014–2016 West African Ebola outbreak is often cited as a watershed moment
for the social science of epidemics. Anthropologists played a key role in clarifying the social …

This article explores the idea of relationality and distributive agency in the context of a
clinical vaccine trial. The diarrhoea vaccine trial was conducted in Western Africa, but as a …

This book centres on women living with HIV in South Africa who have navigated affective
relationships, activist networks, government institutions and global coalitions to transform …

This thesis is about life in Luoland, Western Kenya, which, like other places in Africa, has
experienced the profound impact of large-scale biomedical research programmes …

This dissertation examines ethnographically the clinical trial participation of healthy Finnish
adults and the conduct of the trial, and thereby contributes to international social scientific …