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08 April 2020
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Story Prof Francois Vreÿ, and Prof Hussein Solomon
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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Prof Letticia Moja chairperson Committee of Medical Deans
2006-06-05
Prof Letticia Moja, Dean: Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS), was elected as chairperson of the national Committee of Medical Deans. The committee, which meets four times per year, consists of eight deans of health sciences faculties including the UFS, the Walter Sisulu University, University of KwaZulu Natal, Medunsa, Wits University, University of Pretoria, University of Cape Town and University of Stellenbosch. During the third quarter meeting, the committee meets with all the medical deans from countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADEC).