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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 international nursing conference
2007-07-10
The School of Nursing at the University of the Free State (UFS) is presenting the third triennial Nursing Odyssey international conference this week on the Main Campus in Bloemfontein. This year's focus is on caring and special areas such as midwifery and wound care are accentuated. During the conference were, from the left: Prof. Anita van der Merwe (Head of the UFS School of Nursing), Mr John Gowers (Huntleigh Health, United Kingdom), Dr Bola Ofi (Head of the Department of Nursing at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria) and Prof. George Ellison (St. George University, United Kingdom).
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
