COVID-19: Science and Global Health Governance Under Attack

Overview

Journal S Afr Med J

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2020 Sep 4

PMID 32880545

Citations 8

Authors

J A Singh

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Abstract

Less than 3 months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and within a month of the WHO declaring COVID19 a global pandemic, COVID-19 infections and fatalities have grown exponentially, globally. Now, more than ever, the world needs responsible political leadership, evidence-based decision-making, and co-ordinated global health action.

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