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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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Student receives first copy of expert book on internal medicine
2008-04-15
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As part of the autumn graduation ceremony of the University of the Free State (UFS), the Faculty of Health Sciences last night gave recognition to students who excelled in 2007. Ms Elize du Toit (left) received the McGraw Hill Prize for the highest mark obtained in all the modules in the MB.Ch.B. programme. Her prize is the first copy of the latest edition of Principles of medicine, an expert book on internal medicine. Here she is with Prof. Pieter Nel, Programme Director: Undergraduate Medicine in the School of Medicine at the UFS.
Photo: Leonie Bolleurs
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