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Moonasar, Devanand
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Leonard, E.
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Naidoo, R.
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Pillay, Y.
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Ramkrishna, W.
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Furumele, T.
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Ramadan, O.P.
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Pillay, A.
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Mayet, N.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-02-22T09:01:24Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-02-22T09:01:24Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2022-05 |
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dc.description.abstract |
During a public health emergency, coordination and management are essential for ensuring timeous, decisive, and harmonised leadership.
In this paper, the governance structures utilised in South Africa (SA) during the COVID-19 pandemic are recorded and the key strengths
and weaknesses of response in the country are discussed. A qualitative methodology is used for the case study and comprises insights from
stakeholders who were at the forefront of SA’s response as well as from documentation that was used to guide the response. Structured,
transparent, science-based and agile coordination and management systems are necessary to gain the public’s trust during a public health
emergency. This case study contributes to the literature on governing a pandemic and shares lessons learned from the COVID-19 response.
The lessons learned by the stakeholders within the SA governance structures can be leveraged in future public health emergencies within
SA and other low- and middle-income countries. |
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dc.description.department |
School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) |
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dc.description.librarian |
am2023 |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Clinton Health Access Initiative (South Africa) and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases. |
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dc.description.uri |
http://www.samj.org.za |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Moonasar, D., Leonard, E., Naidoo, R. et al. 2022, 'Governing a pandemic : a case study of South Africa’s coordination and management structures used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic', South African Medical Journal, vol. 112, no. 5b, pp. 356-360, doi : 10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i5b.16063. |
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0256-9574 (print) |
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2078-5135 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i5b.16063 |
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https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89755 |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Health and Medical Publishing Group |
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dc.rights |
© 2022 Health & Medical Publishing Group. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0). |
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dc.subject |
Leadership |
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dc.subject |
Public health emergency |
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South Africa (SA) |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) |
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COVID-19 pandemic |
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Governance structure |
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dc.title |
Governing a pandemic : a case study of South Africa’s coordination and management structures used to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Article |
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