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The role of fortitude, loneliness, and depression in the association between risk perception of contracting COVID-19 and life satisfaction: Serial mediation analysis
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic has been found to have a negative impact on both physical
wellbeing and mental health. Increased risk perception of contracting the virus has been associated
with adverse psychological ...
Africa, prisons and COVID-19
(Oxford University Press, 2020)
Africa’s prisons are a long-standing concern for rights defenders given the prevalence
of rights abuses, overcrowding, poor conditions of detention and the extent to which
the criminal justice system is used to target ...
Tri-infection: Tuberculosis, HIV, COVID-19 and the already strained South African health system
(Elsevier, 2021)
The 30th of May 2021 marks the latest significant national address, where President Cyril Ramaphosa moves the country back into level two lockdown with the hopes of curving the new COVID-19 surge while guarding an improving ...
Evaluating the role of the African committee of experts on the rights and welfare of the child in the Covid-19 era: Visualising the African child in 2050
(University of Pretoria, 2021)
Africa has gained much traction in recognising the rights of
the child with an emphasis on his or her holistic environments. Three
general environments that affect a child are identified: first, a peaceful
environment ...
Towards comprehensive guidance for states in the African region to respond to children’s rights in emergencies, disasters and pandemics
(Brill Nijhoff, 2021)
The covid-19 pandemic spread has it impacted health systems, economies and
communities across the African continent. It has also exacerbated risks already faced
by children: limiting access to education, reducing protection ...
Higher education students’ perceptions of online learning during COVID-19 a comparative study
(MDPI Educ. Sci., 2021)
The pandemic and subsequent ‘lockdowns’ dramatically changed the educational landscape of higher education institutions. Before-COVID-19, traditional universities had choices in pedagogical practice, which included a variety ...
Taking togetherness apart: From digital footprints to geno-digital spores
(SAGE, 2021)
Increasingly, the lines of our lives are prescribed, mediated, drawn and knotted together by digital technologies. It has been
argued that ‘digital footprints’, as a trail of user data points collected from online communities ...
Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19?
(AOSIS, 2021)
People with disabilities, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries,
experience significant challenges in accessing healthcare services and support. At times of
disasters and emergencies, people with ...
Current perspectives in the discovery of newer medications against the outbreak of Covid-19
(Frontiers Media, 2021)
A rapid and increasing spread of COVID-19 pandemic disease has been perceived
worldwide in 2020. The current COVID-19 disease outbreak is due to the spread of
SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is a new strain of coronavirus that ...
Alkaloids: Therapeutic Potential against Human Coronaviruses
(MPDI, 2020)
Alkaloids are a class of natural products known to have wide pharmacological activity and have great potential for the development of new drugs to treat a wide array of pathologies. Some alkaloids have antiviral activity ...