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COVID-19 disaster response : South African disaster managers’ faith in mandating legislation tested?
(OASIS, 2021)
For the first time in the history of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002, South Africa
declared COVID-19 an epidemiological disaster. Section 3 and 27(1) of this Act activated the
responsible Minister in consultation ...
From the Cyclone Idai disaster to the COVID-19 pandemic : an account of inadvertent social capital enhancement in Eastern Chimanimani, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2021)
Zimbabwe suffered a devastating meteorological disaster when Cyclone Idai affected the
southeast part of the country in March 2019. Barely a year after the cyclonic event, the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ...
Clinical legal education during a global pandemic - suggestions from the trenches : the perspective of the Nelson Mandela University
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
The Covid-19 pandemic has plunged the world into turmoil and uncertainty. The
academic world is no exception. In South Africa, due to a nationwide lockdown
imposed by government, universities had to suspend all academic ...
Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)
The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of
the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework
of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, ...
Managing health disasters and Civil–Military Cooperation : a case of COVID-19 in Pakistan
(OASIS, 2021)
As an institution, the Pakistan Army has been playing a significant role in dealing with emergencies
and disasters facing the nation. The novel coronavirus disease, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) COVID-19, was ...
State use provisions for patent law, and expropriations : some comparative law guidelines for South Africa during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond
(PER/PELJ, 2020)
This article views section 4 of the Patents Act 57 of 1978 against
section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,
1996 and Article 31 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property ...
How is COVID-19 perceived by medical students? A survey in Aceh province, Indonesia
(OASIS, 2021)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has burdened the health system and medical
education programmes both locally and globally, requiring medical students to continue their
education whilst engaging in prevention ...
Erratum : COVID-19 home remedies and myths becoming a hazardous health infodemic?
(OASIS, 2021)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought on several social, economic, political, and
environmental challenges. What was mostly questioned was the efficacy of the Disaster
Management Act 57 of 2002 (As Amended 16 of ...
A framework for librarians to inform the citizenry during disasters : reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic
(OASIS, 2022)
Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has wreaked havoc on human lives and
socio-economic activities at an unimaginable scale. African countries have not been spared
from this debacle – as evidenced by media ...
In the moment of making History: the case of COVID-19 in Zambia
(The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2020)
This paper discusses the unfolding of COVID-19 in Zambia between March and August 2020. Zambians were aware that international networks would lead to Zambia being affected by a disease that had caused much
devastation in ...