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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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UFS presents a course in population, environment and development
2008-09-15
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The University of the Free State (UFS) this week presented a population, environment and development nexus course in Bloemfontein in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund, LEAD International and the Department of Social Development. The course was attended by about 40 representatives across the county and neighbouring countries. Here are, from the left: Prof André Pelser, Department of Sociology at the UFS and course coordinator, Ms Betty Mahuka, Malawi Environmental Endowment Trust, Mr Dário Passo, Ministry of Planning and Development in Mozambique, and Ms Nola Redelinghuys, Department of Sociology at the UFS and course facilitator.
Photo: Lacea Loader
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