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Covid-19 and the Dialectics of Global Pandemics in Africa

Author : Munyaradzi Mawere,Bernard Chazovachii
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956552740

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The prevalence of global pandemics has been timeless and universal. In 1918, the Spanish Flue grounded Spain and her neighbours. In 1997, 2014 and 2020, the Ebola virus wreaked havoc in West Africa in the same manner that polio had ravaged the globe. Since 2019, the Coronavirus has forced most economies onto a downward spiral. Despite concerted global attempts at observing World Health Organization guidelines, the Coronavirus has been changing peoples' lives, forcing most economies onto their knees, endangering lives and livelihoods, making a mockery of global medicine and causing the widespread despair and helplessness that has come to be known as 'the new normal'. Unlike the other pandemics, the mayhem, complexities and dialectics caused by Covid-19 have been matchless, requiring a systematic study and necessitating a volume like this one. The volume's 16 well-researched chapters argue that despite Covid-19's enormous lessons and predictions about even greater future pandemics, humanity can ill-afford to relent in its determination to conquer the pandemic in the same way that human resolve has defeated past pandemic. As such, the volume provides hope and direction to the global community on how best to deal with Covid-19 and pandemics of similar or even higher magnitude in the future.

Covid-19 and the Dialectics of Global Pandemics in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of the Global Economy in the Face of COVID-19

Author : Munyaradzi Mawere,Bernard Chazovachii,Francis Machingura
Publisher : Langaa RPCID
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 995655202X

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Covid-19 and the Dialectics of Global Pandemics in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and the Future of the Global Economy in the Face of COVID-19 by Munyaradzi Mawere,Bernard Chazovachii,Francis Machingura Pdf

The prevalence of global pandemics has been timeless and universal. In 1918, the Spanish Flue grounded Spain and her neighbours. In 1997, 2014 and 2020, the Ebola virus wreaked havoc in West Africa in the same manner that polio had ravaged the globe. Since 2019, the Coronavirus has forced most economies onto a downward spiral. Despite concerted global attempts at observing World Health Organization guidelines, the Coronavirus has been changing peoples' lives, forcing most economies onto their knees, endangering lives and livelihoods, making a mockery of global medicine and causing the widespread despair and helplessness that has come to be known as 'the new normal'. Unlike the other pandemics, the mayhem, complexities and dialectics caused by Covid-19 have been matchless, requiring a systematic study and necessitating a volume like this one. The volume's 16 well-researched chapters argue that despite Covid-19's enormous lessons and predictions about even greater future pandemics, humanity can ill-afford to relent in its determination to conquer the pandemic in the same way that human resolve has defeated past pandemic. As such, the volume provides hope and direction to the global community on how best to deal with Covid-19 and pandemics of similar or even higher magnitude in the future.

African Perspectives on Global Pandemics and the Challenges of Peace and Security

Author : Masake Pilisano Harris,Richard Obinna Iroanya
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781666924817

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African Perspectives on Global Pandemics and the Challenges of Peace and Security by Masake Pilisano Harris,Richard Obinna Iroanya Pdf

This book examines the legal and security threat posed by pandemics in Africa and beyond. The authors propose that to effectively counter pandemics, it is necessary for states to transcend beyond a realism approach and to adopt security policies that reflect the multidimensional nature of state authority and functions.

One Virus, Two Countries

Author : Steven Friedman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781776147434

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Has South Africa ‘done well’ at limiting illness and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic? Academic and political commentator, Steven Friedman, thinks not. While the country’s mainstream media believes it has, in his view the evidence tells another story. South Africa has experienced by far the most cases and deaths in Africa – at one point as many as the rest of the continent combined. One Virus, Two Countries: What Covid-19 tells us about South Africa offers a searing analysis of government and expert scientists’ responses to the pandemic. Friedman argues that South Africa is two societies in one – a ‘First World’ which resembles Western Europe and North America, and a ‘Third World’ which looks much like the rest of Africa or South Asia. The South African state, the media and the scientific community have largely tried to deal with the virus through a ‘First World’ lens in which much of the country was either invisible or a problem – not a partner. Friedman argues this approach prevented the country from responding in a way which would have protected most citizens. This is why case numbers and deaths are so high: South Africa has done worse than the rest of Africa not despite the fact that it has a ‘more developed’ health system, but because it does. One Virus, Two Countries is a controversial book that will rouse much needed debate about South Africa’s health and economic system in a context of serious inequality.

Global Capital's 21st Century Repositioning

Author : Rewai Makamani,Artwell Nhemachena
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789956551460

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Global Capital's 21st Century Repositioning by Rewai Makamani,Artwell Nhemachena Pdf

What happens at the interface between Afrocentricity and COVID-19 is cause for wonder in a world that is anxious to short circuit global solidarity by trampling Pan-Africanism. Revolutions, including the Fourth Industrial Revolution, are rarely contextualised within the framework of Pan-Africanism and Afrocentricity even when they are celebrated as beneficial to the world. Interfacing Afrocentricity, COVID-19, Pan-Africanism and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, this book teases out the profound challenges of the 21st century. Calling for African solutions premised on African solidarity, the book critically engages the contemporary technological solutionism and technological evangelism that undergirds the Fourth Industrial Revolution and efforts to find vaccines for COVID-19. Unflinchingly interrogating these issues, the book is useful for scholars and activists in education, African languages, sociology, social anthropology, political science, history, religious studies, development studies, communication, medical sciences and legal studies.

Social and Ethical Issues of Global Pandemics

Author : Masake Pilisano Harris,Richard O. Iroanya
Publisher : Africa: Past, Present & Prospects
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
ISBN : 1666924830

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Social and Ethical Issues of Global Pandemics by Masake Pilisano Harris,Richard O. Iroanya Pdf

"This book examines the social, legal, and ethical dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Africa both during the pandemic and in the post-COVID era. The contributors analyze the regulations that were passed during COVID-19 and evaluate the impact of these regulations on African society"--

Theory, Practice, and Guidelines for Communicating Health and Pandemics in Africa

Author : Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi,Levi Zeleza Manda
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781527502291

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Theory, Practice, and Guidelines for Communicating Health and Pandemics in Africa by Emmanuel K. Ngwainmbi,Levi Zeleza Manda Pdf

This book provides the theoretical and historical context of the practice, guidelines, and tools for covering health, pandemics, sanitation, education, and development in Africa. It will appeal to public health-based communicators in public health and advocacy degree programs, media students, citizen journalists, and teachers of health/pandemics, development, and sanitation communication/journalism. In addition, the book will assist Ministries of Communication, international development agencies interested in working with journalists in matters of health, and sanitation, and non-governmental health practitioners like Doctors without Borders.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Politics of Life

Author : Inocent Moyo,Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000917277

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Politics of Life by Inocent Moyo,Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Pdf

This book explores the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic is poised to be a permanent fixture in the modern world which in contemporary times will be thought of in terms of before and after the pandemic. It looks at how the pandemic has brought to the fore the question of the appropriate ethics, politics, and spirituality and highlights the present condition of humanity and the need to rethink alternative planetary futures. It argues that the pandemic has existential and epistemic implications for human life on planet Earth, and a post–COVID-19 future requires a fundamental transformation of the present economic, political, and social conditions. Drawing on empirical case studies on the COVID-19 pandemic from Africa and beyond, contributions in this book challenge the reader to rethink alternative planetary futures. It will be a useful resource for students, scholars, and researchers of African studies, citizenship studies, global development, global politics, human geography, migration studies, development studies, international studies, international relations, and political science.

Human Security and Epidemics in Africa

Author : Andreas Velthuizen,Caroline Varin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040014752

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Human Security and Epidemics in Africa by Andreas Velthuizen,Caroline Varin Pdf

This book examines the impact of epidemics in Africa, exploring some of the adaptation and crisis management strategies adopted to tackle COVID-19, Ebola, and HIV-AIDS. The authors reflect on lessons learned from solving complex problems and difficult decisions made by leaders on pandemic management to shape the security environment and, thus, the well-being of people living in Africa for years to come. Drawing on cases from across the continent, the book demonstrates that, significantly, during the COVID-19 pandemic, African countries and communities frequently displayed regional solidarity, creativity in decision-making, decisiveness in dealing with corruption and opportunism, and resilience and discipline in implementation. Adopting a human security framework, the authors share their lived experiences and explore the impact of epidemics on public policy decision-making, foreign policy implementation, global relations, collaboration in the community dimension, and, ultimately, the future of socio-economic development in Africa. This book will be a welcome addition for practitioners and researchers across the fields of security studies, health management, and African studies, making an essential contribution to the security discourse in a post-COVID world.

Human Security and Epidemics in Africa

Author : Andreas Gerhardus Velthuizen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1003429173

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Human Security and Epidemics in Africa by Andreas Gerhardus Velthuizen Pdf

"This book examines the impact of epidemics in Africa, exploring some of the adaptation and crisis management strategies adopted to tackle COVID-19, Ebola, and HIV-AIDS. The authors reflect on lessons learned from solving complex problems and difficult decisions made by leaders on pandemic management to shape the security environment and, thus, the well-being of people living in Africa for years to come. Drawing on cases from across the continent, the book demonstrates that, significantly, during the COVID-19 pandemic, African countries and communities frequently displayed regional solidarity, creativity in decision-making, decisiveness in dealing with corruption and opportunism, and resilience and discipline in implementation. Adopting a human security framework, the authors share their lived experiences and explore the impact of epidemics on public policy decision-making, foreign policy implementation, global relations, collaboration in the community dimension, and, ultimately, the future of socio-economic development in Africa. This book will be a welcome addition for practitioners and researchers across the fields of security studies, health management, and African studies, making an essential contribution to the security discourse in a post-COVID world"--

COVID-19, the Global South and the Pandemic’s Development Impact

Author : Gerard McCann,Nita Mishra,Pádraig Carmody
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529225662

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COVID-19, the Global South and the Pandemic’s Development Impact by Gerard McCann,Nita Mishra,Pádraig Carmody Pdf

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Though a globally shared experience, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected societies across the world in radically different ways. This book examines the unique implications of the pandemic in the Global South. With international contributors from a variety of disciplines including health, economics and geography, the book investigates the pandemic’s effects on development, medicine, gender (in)equality and human rights, among other issues. Its analysis illuminates further subsequent crises of interconnection, a pervasive health provision crisis and a resulting rise in socioeconomic inequality. The book’s assessment offers an urgent discourse on the ways in which the impact of COVID-19 can be mitigated in some of the most challenging socioeconomic contexts in the world.

Covid-19 in Africa: Governance and Containment

Author : Susan Arndt,Yacouba Banhoro,Taibat Lawanson,Enocent Msindo,Peter Simatei
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031361395

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Covid-19 in Africa: Governance and Containment by Susan Arndt,Yacouba Banhoro,Taibat Lawanson,Enocent Msindo,Peter Simatei Pdf

Written amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this edited volume draws on the expertise of social scientists and humanities scholars to understand the several ramifications of Covid-19 in societies, politics, and the economies of Africa. The contributors examine measures, communicative practices, and experiences that have guided the (inter)action of governments, societies and citizens in this unpredictable moment. Covid-19 tested governments’ disaster preparedness as well as exposed governments’ attitudes towards the poor and vulnerable. In the same vein, it also tested the agency of the generality of the African populace in the face of containment measures and how these impacted on everyday social, cultural and economic practices of the ordinary peoples. In this vein, our concern is to understand the relationship between growing vulnerability on the one hand and ingenuity of agency on the other, and how both were embodied, narrated and discoursed by the African poor, university students, religious entities, and middle-classes, and those that bore the major brunt of the lockdowns. Lastly, the Covid-19 pandemic impacted regional trade and other bilateral relations in Africa, creating possibilities for regional entities such as ECOWAS and EAC to demonstrate their creativity (or a lack of it) in dealing with the pandemic. The contributors thus examine the regional dimension of the crisis and particularly evaluate how covid-19 tested the resilience of multilateralism, regional trade networks, cross border informal economies, and human movements. The volume is thus a useful resource for scholars of Africa, policy makers and those who want to understand Covid-19 in Africa. It provides a multiplicity of perspectives of the pandemic and African responses at different levels of society, economy and the political spectrum. The continental focus of this volume gives room for broader comparative analyses. Lastly, this interdisciplinary work benefits from the input of medical historians, anthropologists, sociologists, linguists, political scientists, literature scholars, urban planners, geographers and others.

COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Carol Azungi Dralega,Angella Napakol
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781803822716

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COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa by Carol Azungi Dralega,Angella Napakol Pdf

This critical research collection focuses on Eastern and Southern Africa providing timely and valuable insights and reflections around the changes and stabilities within media ecosystems caused by the novel Covid-19 crises.

Global Health, Humanity and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author : Francis Egbokhare,Adeshina Afolayan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031174292

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Global Health, Humanity and the COVID-19 Pandemic by Francis Egbokhare,Adeshina Afolayan Pdf

This volume interrogates global health and especially the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role that science has played in mitigating the human experiences of pandemics and health over the centuries. Science, and the scientific method, has always been at the forefront of the human attempt at undermining the virulent consequences of sicknesses and diseases. However, the scientific image of humans in the world is founded on the presumption of possessing the complete understanding about humans and their physiological and psychological frameworks. This volume challenges this scientific assumption. Global health denotes the complex and cumulative health profile of humanity that involves not only the framework of scientific researches and practices that investigates and seeks to improve the health of all people on the globe, but also the range of humanistic issues - economic, cultural, social, ideological - that constitute the sources of inequities and threat to the achievement of a positive global health profile. This volume balances the argument that diseases and pandemics are human problems that demand both scientific and humanistic interventions.

A Global Playbook for the Next Pandemic

Author : Anne Kabagambe
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789047608

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A Global Playbook for the Next Pandemic by Anne Kabagambe Pdf

The health and economic devastation caused by COVID-19 has revealed that most countries’ national health systems are inadequate to cope with pandemics. These are global challenges that call for global responses. At the heart of this book is a bold new proposal to create a global pandemic playbook that can be quickly deployed when the next pandemic strikes. Countries and their experts must collaborate to create early warning systems, preparedness, prevention, responses and containment. But who should pay the cost? Anne Kabagambe, a former Executive Board director for the World Bank Group, explores the options, and argues that to fail to learn from COVID-19 and neglect to create a global playbook now would cost far more when the next pandemic strikes.