Lessons from Sierre Leone's Ebola pandemic on the impact of school closures on girls: Getty ImagesPolicymakers globally have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with tough measures. As a result of the risk and uncertainty caused by the virus, economic activity has contracted, hitting firms and workers whose activities rely on face-to-face contacts … [Read more...] about Lessons from Sierre Leone’s Ebola pandemic on the impact of school closures on girls | The Conversation
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Coronavirus pandemic holds lessons for South Africa’s universal health care plans | The Conversation
Coronavirus pandemic holds lessons for South Africa's universal health care plans: A healthcare worker collecting a swab for a COVID-19 test from a community member. AFP via Getty ImagesThe National Health Insurance (NHI) has become an idealistic concept known as “imaginary”. It’s become the idea onto which all South Africa’s aspirations for healthcare have been projected. The … [Read more...] about Coronavirus pandemic holds lessons for South Africa’s universal health care plans | The Conversation
Lessons in explaining viruses to the public: rely on the science | The Conversation
Lessons in explaining viruses to the public: rely on the science: A woman walks past a graffiti by Anthony Kihoro in Kenya sensitising people about the coronavirus. Dennis Sigwe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAt this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of informing people to help them make their own decisions is growing. Many regions are lifting social … [Read more...] about Lessons in explaining viruses to the public: rely on the science | The Conversation
Choices in a fog of uncertainty: lessons for coronavirus from climate change | The Conversation
Choices in a fog of uncertainty: lessons for coronavirus from climate change: Getty ImagesGovernments around the world, driven by the threat of overburdened health systems and mass mortality resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, are being forced to make decisions that have enormous, long-lasting consequences for lives and economies. They are doing … [Read more...] about Choices in a fog of uncertainty: lessons for coronavirus from climate change | The Conversation
Book review: lessons from a township that resisted apartheid | The Conversation
Book review: lessons from a township that resisted apartheid: Oukasie residents protest over poor service delivery in 2010. Jaco Marais/Gallo Images/Getty ImagesCan people on the wrong end of power change the world by working together? Or are the moments when the powerless take control of their own lives doomed to be snuffed out? The question is raised by Kally Forrest’s book … [Read more...] about Book review: lessons from a township that resisted apartheid | The Conversation
