The Social Sciences for Severe Stigmatising Skin Conditions (5S) Foundation funded aims to end the neglect of three conditions (podoconiosis, mycetoma and scabies) through bringing the social sciences to bear on these conditions in our DAC-listed partners in Ethiopia, Rwanda and Sudan. It is a £3.5 million 5-year collaborative research partnership programme which launched in Sept 2019 funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in the UK.
Project Mission
Social science research around NTDs is essential if key biomedical advances are to be successfully translated into elimination and control programmes, and our research will transform the health and wellbeing of people affected by these conditions by identifying interventions informed by social science perspectives at the level of the patient, the community and national and international policy.
Read more about the 5S Foundation here
Where we work
- Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), UK
- Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK
- Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Ethiopia
- Faculty of Geography and Environmental Science (FEGS), University of Khartoum, Sudan
- University of Rwanda, Rwanda
