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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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Academic delivers inaugural lecture on smart nutrition
2007-03-16
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Prof. André Dannhauser, head of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Free State (UFS) delivered her inaugural lecture on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. The topic of the lecture was Smart nutrition: A challenge for health and wellness. Attending the lecture were, from the left: Prof. Letticia Moja (Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the UFS), Prof. Dannhauser and Prof. Frederick Fourie (Rector and Vice-Chancellor the UFS).
Photo: Stephen Collett
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