The South African Response to COVID-19

This book analyses the first two years of South Africa’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic, from its emergence in early 2020. Drawing on the perspectives of a range of public health experts, economists and other social scientists and development practitioners, the book argues that understanding...

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description This book analyses the first two years of South Africa’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic, from its emergence in early 2020. Drawing on the perspectives of a range of public health experts, economists and other social scientists and development practitioners, the book argues that understanding this early response will be essential to moderate and improve future policy thinking around health governance and epidemic readiness. The book provides systemic analysis of not only the epidemiological progression of COVID-19 in South Africa, but also the socio-political factors that will be key in determining the future of the country as a whole: including health system challenges, socio-economic disparities and inequalities, and variable (often contradictory and tardy) policy responses. Overall, the book exposes Manichean thinking and the spurious policy dichotomies that pitch public health against human rights, economic recovery against viral vector control, and science against ideology, with lessons not just for South Africa, but also for elsewhere on the African continent, and beyond. This book will be perfect for researchers and practitioners across Public Health, Health Policy, and Global Health, as well as those with an interest in South African politics and development more generally.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-984982025-07-30T11:42:44Z The South African Response to COVID-19 Fourie, Pieter Lamb, Guy Africa;African studies;COVID-19;Global development;Health;Health governance;Health policy;Pandemic response;Public health;South Africa thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine This book analyses the first two years of South Africa’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic, from its emergence in early 2020. Drawing on the perspectives of a range of public health experts, economists and other social scientists and development practitioners, the book argues that understanding this early response will be essential to moderate and improve future policy thinking around health governance and epidemic readiness. The book provides systemic analysis of not only the epidemiological progression of COVID-19 in South Africa, but also the socio-political factors that will be key in determining the future of the country as a whole: including health system challenges, socio-economic disparities and inequalities, and variable (often contradictory and tardy) policy responses. Overall, the book exposes Manichean thinking and the spurious policy dichotomies that pitch public health against human rights, economic recovery against viral vector control, and science against ideology, with lessons not just for South Africa, but also for elsewhere on the African continent, and beyond. This book will be perfect for researchers and practitioners across Public Health, Health Policy, and Global Health, as well as those with an interest in South African politics and development more generally. 2023-03-20T09:12:43Z 2023-03-20T09:12:43Z 2023-03-17T12:39:00Z 2023 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61727 9781032280073 9781032280097 9781003294931 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/98498 eng Routledge Studies in Health in Africa open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61727/1/9781000878158.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61727/1/9781000878158.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61727/1/9781000878158.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/61727/1/9781000878158.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003294931 10.4324/9781003294931 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781032280073 9781032280097 9781003294931 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Routledge African Studies 2023 - 2025 Routledge 277 open access
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The South African Response to COVID-19
title The South African Response to COVID-19
title_full The South African Response to COVID-19
title_fullStr The South African Response to COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed The South African Response to COVID-19
title_short The South African Response to COVID-19
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topic Africa;African studies;COVID-19;Global development;Health;Health governance;Health policy;Pandemic response;Public health;South Africa
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
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topic_facet Africa;African studies;COVID-19;Global development;Health;Health governance;Health policy;Pandemic response;Public health;South Africa
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBQ Medicolegal issues
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBN Public health and preventive medicine
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