The SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 illness are driving a global crisis. Governments have responded by restricting human movement, which has reduced economic activity. These changes may benefit biodiversity conservation in some ways, but in Africa, we cont
How prepared is Africa to face COVID-19?(Commentary) Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum , Andrew Clarke Pan African Medical Journal. 08 April 2020. 35(2): 1 [PDF - 150 KB] Public trust in the time of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): the case of the DR Congo(Essay) ...
The COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 with major health consequences. While a need to disseminate information to the medical community and general public was paramount, concerns have been raised regarding the scientific rigor in published reports. We
Impact of COVID-19 on the cost of surgical and obstetric care: experience from a Nigerian teaching hospital and a review of the Nigerian situation(Essay) AbdulHafiz Oladapo Adesunkanmi, Akaninyene Eseme Ubom, Olalekan Olasehinde, Olusola Benjamin Fasubaa, Omotade Adebimpe Ijarotimi, Abdul Rash...
This essay considers the ways in which various digital initiatives and campaigns employed Shakespeare in South Africa as Covid-19 took its toll on the country. In some cases, Shakespearean invocations, allusions and appropriations were opportunistic and incidental: from the Pendoring advertising awards...
Cover-19 really made me CHANGE for the better. I hope everyone too will accept CHANGE for the brighter tomorrow. All of us can habe the country of our dreams! Dream and Be! In the Age category 8 - 11 years, Xin Yong's essay sends a powerful message. Similar to her sister's award...
How Pan-African Media Helped Madagascar Advance its Claim of a COVID-19 ‘miracle Cure’ as a Form of Medical Diplomacy The South African Institute of International Affairs and University of the Witwatersrand (2020) https://media.africaportal.org/documents/202012-03_AP-WITS_EssaySeries_Atabong_...
Our photographers bore witness to the ways the world has coped—and changed—since the pandemic began.
In his famous essay on anti-Semitism, Sartre (1946:24) argues that anti-Semites are well aware that their disparaging remarks about Jews are absurd, but they find them amusing nonetheless. I have an inkling the same is true, mutatis mutandis, of those who thought up and use many of the...
treatments have been discovered with varying levels of success. One such promising treatment was discovered and employed by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. This essay will explore Dr.Soon-Shiong, as well as his cancer treatment and how he plans to apply it in a potential vaccination for COVID-19. ...