Online news sources continue to grow as a primary source of information and misinformation. But private platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are harder to monitor.
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The consequences will be far more severe and long lasting in poorer countries.
Much of the world is moving online in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Society’s newly increased dependence on the internet is bringing the need for good cyber policy into sharp relief.
In Wuhan more than 1800 teams of epidemiologists, with a minimum of five people per team, traced tens of thousands of contacts a day.
Social distancing is vital to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. But it doesn’t have to be purely physical - we can separate ourselves in time too, by staggering our daily routines.
The molecular based tests used to detect SARS-CoV-2 are very specific but can take two to three days to process and produce a result.
What is needed is the calm implementation of a clear and effective strategy.
The recent seizures of counterfeit testing kits by U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that the counterfeiters have begun to take advantage of the coronavirus crisis.
The federal government has declared a state of emergency over COVID-19. Two public health scholars explain what that means.
Lessons learned from Canada’s favourite game can offer some wisdom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Initiatives to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 are under way. But how far away are they?
Already, we have seen a range of responses globally - from countries that apparently reacted too late, to those who acted relatively early.
Very little is known about the relationship between COVID-19 and HIV and TB. What is known is that people’s lungs are affected by all three.
The immediate need to “track and trace” infections for public health purposes poses an unprecedented challenge to privacy.
Scientists need greater understanding of the bacterium’s basic biology, as well as more about how it is spread from one individual to the next.
The agents causing illness do not care for our assumptions about our alleged superiority on the planet, nor do they discriminate.
The Greeks treated their city-states like bodies. To protect them from disasters, it was the poor that were often sacrificed.
Citizens around the world look warily at the rates of illnesses and deaths at home and abroad as the economic effects of COVID-19 start to hit.
Social distancing is impossible in much of Africa, and its economic consequences may lead to a famine that is worse than the pandemic. Prevention measures must consider the African context.
Don’t want to shake hands, but don’t want to cause offence? Just smile, have a short sentence ready in advance, and make sure the other person knows you care about their feelings.
Principales colaboradores
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Medical Scientist and Head of Laboratory for Antimalarial Resistance Monitoring and Malaria Operational Research, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Medical scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Executive Secretary, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
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Regional Adviser, Immunisation, WHO Regional Office for Africa, Stellenbosch University
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Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine and Director, The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, Stellenbosch University
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Professor in the faculty of Medicine, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
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Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Science
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Chief Research Officer, Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University
