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Unmasking the state of basic education in South Africa
(José Frantz, 2021)
The Covid-19 lockdown period laid bare the fibre of South African
society: poverty, homelessness, welfare dependence, domestic violence,
police and military brutality, healthcare and hunger are all suddenly
under national ...
An evidence-based approach to learning and teaching during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
(José Frantz, 2021)
On 5 March 2020, South Africa’s Health Minister confirmed that
the first case of Covid-19 had been detected in the country and on 15
March the President announced a national state of disaster, followed
by various measures ...
Nigeria's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 2020)
The novel coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [1] was first reported in December 2019 by Chinese Health Authorities following an outbreak of pneumonia ...
From Muhammed and others to De Beer and others: striking the balance between public health measures and human rights during Covid-19 era in South Africa
(2020)
The world first got to know of coronavirus (Covid 19) in December 2019, when it
rampaged the Chinese city of Wuhan causing many deaths. On 30 January 2020,
the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of ...
The pandemic of online research in times of COVID-19
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an explosion of online research using rating scales. While this approach can be useful, two of the major challenges affecting the quality of this type of research include selection bias and ...
Spiritual care – ‘A deeper immunity’ – A response to Covid-19 pandemic
(AOSIS, 2020)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented unprecedented health challenges across
all strata in society throughout the world. The COVID experience has caused us to reflect on
quality of life, health and well-being ...
Sink or swim? How Covid-19 and the responses to it have affected small-scale fishers
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)
This policy brief reports findings from research investigating the impacts of Covid-19 regulations and mitigation measures on small-scale fishers in the Western Cape, South Africa. The researchers conducted 47 in-depth ...
Spiritual care – ‘A deeper immunity’ – A response to Covid-19 pandemic
(AOSIS, 2020)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has presented unprecedented health challenges across
all strata in society throughout the world. The COVID experience has caused us to reflect on
quality of life, health and well-being ...
Understanding varying COVID-19 mortality rates reported in Africa compared to Europe, Americas and Asia
(Pub med, 2021-07)
The SARS-CoV-2 infection, which causes the COVID-19 disease, has impacted every nation on the globe, albeit disproportionately. African countries have seen lower infection and mortality rates than most countries in the ...
Lessons learnt during covid-19 lockdown: A qualitative study of south african families
(Elsevier, 2021-11)
In a pandemic, such as COVID-19, with every single person struggling to deal with the
unknown, it is often within the family that support is found but it is also within the family that
circumstances, contexts and behaviours ...