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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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Employee-assistance programmes discussed in inaugural lecture
2008-11-11
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The inaugural lecture of Prof. Willem Kruger, from the Department of Community Health at the University of the Free State (UFS), was recently presented on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The subject of the lecture was: “Employee assistance programme - an alternative or a solution?”. At the lecture were, from the left: Prof. Gert van Zyl, Head: School of Medicine at the UFS, Prof. Kruger, and Prof. Teuns Verschoor, Acting Rector.
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