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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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Doreen Atkinson chairs the National Museum Board
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Prof. Doreen Atkinson
03 November 2012
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Prof. Doreen Atkinson of the University of the Free State (UFS) has been elected as Chairperson of the Board of the National Museum in Bloemfontein. She will hold this position for three years.
She is the Chairperson of the Research Cluster: New frontiers in poverty reduction and sustainable development at the UFS, as well as the coordinator of the Karoo Development Institute.