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Federalism under pressure: Federal ‘health’ factors and ‘co-morbidities’
(Routledge, 2021)
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a ‘focusing event’ (Béland et al. 2020) for federalism like no other, placing it under the microscope and giving rise to the three
questions set out in the introduction of this book. Each ...
South Africa: Surfing towards centralisation on the Covid-19 wave
(Routledge, 2021)
When the Covid-19 pandemic reached its shores between February and March
2020, South Africa was already in a vulnerable situation – socially, economically,
and politically. Although the country’s population, estimated ...
Controlling public health emergencies in federal systems
(Routledge, 2021)
It was merely a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the
coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a global pandemic that Ethiopia recorded its first
case of infection. On 12 March 2020, a week after entering the ...
Introduction: How federations combat Covid-19
(Routledge, 2021)
On 31 December 2019, the first cases of the coronavirus, Covid-19, were identified in Wuhan City, China. Its dramatic rate of transmission and deadly effects
soon led to the city’s shutdown, but not before it took wing ...
The health-sustaining, moderating, and mediating roles of sense of coherence in the relationship between fear of Covid-19 and burnout among South African teachers
(MDPI, 2022)
The current study focuses on the interrelationship between fear of COVID-19, sense of
coherence, and burnout. Participants (n = 355) were school teachers from across all provinces in
South Africa who completed the Fear ...
The past is so present: Understanding Covid‑19 vaccine hesitancy among African American adults using qualitative data
(Springer, 2022)
African Americans (AAs) are disproportionately afected by structural and social determinants of health, resulting in greater risks of exposure to and deaths from COVID-19. Structural and social determinants of health feed ...
Lockdown-associated hunger may be affecting breastfeeding: Findings from a large sms survey in South Africa
(MDPI, 2022)
The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and will continue to have, on food
security and child health is especially concerning. A rapid, Short Message Service (SMS) Maternal
and Child Health survey was conducted ...
Boon or bane? Urban food security and online food purchasing during the Covid-19 epidemic in Nanjing, China
(MDPI, 2022)
This paper examines the relationship between the rapid growth of online food purchasing
and household food security during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China using the
city of Nanjing as a case study. The ...
The landscape of Covid-19 vaccination in Zimbabwe: A narrative review and analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the programme
(MDPI, 2022)
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges for the population.
The advent of national COVID-19 vaccination programmes was therefore welcome as a key control
strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic, as ...
Counselling preparedness and responsiveness of industrial psychologists in the face of Covid-19
(AOSIS, 2021)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought to the forefront
the need for industrial-organisational psychologists (IOPs) and organisations to place an
emphasis on employees’ mental and physical health ...