Browsing Journals by Subject "Pandemic"
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A conservation organisation’s approach to COVID-19 : lessons learned from Madagascar
(OASIS, 2022)Blue Ventures (BV) works holistically with communities in Madagascar, developing transformative approaches to catalyse and sustain locally led marine conservation. In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
A new History Education lecturer’s university experiences during Covid-19: a personal reflection
(The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2020)On March 16th, 2020 I commenced my new job as a lecturer on History Education at Stellenbosch University (US), the very same day the University went into lockdown due to COVID-19. I have been a high school teacher for 11 ... -
Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on rural livelihoods in Mbashe Municipality
(OASIS, 2022)The study sought to examine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on the socioeconomic livelihoods of rural communities by focusing on the Good Hope community under Mbashe Municipality. A qualitative research methodology ... -
Teaching and learning history in the time of the coronavirus pandemic
(The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2020)This is an academic yet personal and subjective piece written to analyse and reflect upon personal experiences with regard to the teaching and learning of history under the coronavirus pandemic. Throughout this paper, I ... -
Teaching historical pandemics, using Bernstein’s pedagogical device as framework
(The South African Society forHistory Teaching (SASHT) under the patronage of the North-West University, 2020)On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. This announcement came as a shock to countries around the world. Diverse responses across the globe exposed an ill-prepared world ... -
White man’s disease, black man’s peril?: Rinderpest and famine in the eastern Bechuanaland Protectorate at the end of the 19th century.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)During the late nineteenth century, a pandemic of Rinderpest exterminated large numbers of cattle in Southern Africa. Although in the Bechuanaland Protectorate the disease killed cattle only for two years between 1896 ... -
Who is watching the World Health Organisation? ‘Post-truth’ moments beyond infodemic research
(AOSIS, 2022)The World Health Organization (WHO) has established a public research agenda to address infodemics. In these, ‘an overflow of information of varying quality surges across digital and physical environments’. The WHO’s ...