Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Subject "COVID-19 pandemic"
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Achievements and challenges for Higher Education during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid review of media in Africa
(MPDI, 2021)The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic struck globally and has affected higher education institutions (HEIs) and their operations, indirectly impacting the progress of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 achieved thus far. ... -
Building back from the ground up: The vital role of communities
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)Globally the COVID-19 pandemic has destabilised health systems and communities. Governments in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) followed the approaches adopted by the Global North and advocated by international ... -
How South African families protected themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study
(MDPI, 2022)The World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of cases of ‘viral pneumonia’— ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ (COVID-19)—in Wuhan City, the People’s Republic of China on 31 December 2019. To curb the spread of the ... -
Intersectoral collaboration before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Western Cape: implications for future whole-of-society approaches to health and wellbeing
(Health System Trust, 2022)The profound health, social and economic impacts generated by the COVID-19 pandemic have necessitated collaboration among societal actors in an unprecedented fashion, elevating the status of the health sector and positioning ... -
“This pandemic has changed our daily living”: Young adults’ leisure experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
(Journal of Occupational Science, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic is a global human ecosystem disruption affecting almost every facet of daily living. South Africa adopted a risk-adjusted approach comprising five-levels to curb the spread of COVID-19. Early in 2020, ... -
Unpreparedness and uncertainty: a qualitative study of African American experiences during COVID-19 pandemic
(Sociological Spectrum, 2022)During disasters, vulnerable populations are disproportionately affected. COVID-19 disproportionately affected African American (AA) families, increasing their risk for COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. The pandemic also ... -
A web-based global educational model for training in semen analysis during the Covid-19 pandemic
(Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, 2021)In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Center for Reproductive Medicine (ACRM) transitioned its annual training in assisted reproductive technology (ART) from a hands-on, laboratory-based training course to a ...