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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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The international response to the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a health security threat stimulated an international response that commenced with drastic, but localised actions in China, but responses rapidly manifested in more extreme measures in the rest of the world. Amidst international efforts imposing extraordinary national and international movement restrictions and a rush to find a medical cure, two questions arise. First, how does COVID-19 as a health security threat feature within the global security debate and second, how to explain the harsh responses that one observes.
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Research on health under the spotlight
2008-08-29
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The annual AstraZeneca Faculty Forum of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) was presented this week on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. During the forum, which is the showcase of research at the faculty, guest speakers and researchers presented papers covering a wide spectrum of medical research. Here are, from the left: Mr Vuyisile Jonas, Physicist at the Department of Medical Physics, Prof. Letticia Moja, Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Magda Muller, Post-basic Programme Director at the UFS School of Nursing, and Dr Javashni Bhana, Senior Manager at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Pty) Ltd.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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