Coronavirus in South Africa: What happens after lockdown ends?
South Africa may have flattened the curve, but find out why it’s unlikely the country will escape deaths. Find out what it’s doing to...
How epidemics like COVID-19 increase violence against women and children
When crises hit, gender-roles can not only influence who gets care and when, but also who bears the brunt of violence during emergencies, argues...
The World Health Organisation’s Solidarity trial testing possible COVID-19 treatments
A closer look at the study set to take place in multiple countries, including South Africa. More than 70 countries have already confirmed they...
Updated Coronavirus testing guide: A quick reference for South African healthcare workers
An updated version of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ reference guide for health workers testing for the new coronavirus.
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Publication title: Updated Coronavirus...
Communicating risk and engaging vulnerable communities in the time of the coronavirus
A reference tool for communicators and organisers to better engage vulnerable communities during the coronavirus pandemic.
Publication title: COVID-19: How to include marginalised and...
Coronavirus testing criteria: A quick reference for South African healthcare workers
An updated version of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases’ (NICD) reference guide for health workers testing for the new coronavirus.
World Health Organisation guidelines for managing and treating latent TB
A consolidated look at the World Health Organisation’s latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) guidelines.
Access to information during South Africa’s lockdown
Publication title: Electronic communications, postal and broadcasting directions/regulations
Author(s): Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services
Publication date: 26 March 2020
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These are directives on the use of...
South Africa guidelines for contact tracing of COVID-19 patients, health promotion and handling of...
Guidelines on how we navigate home and work during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Publication title: COVID-19 Environmental Health GuidelinesAuthor(s): Department of HealthPublication date: 16 March...
South African guidelines for the testing and treatment of the new coronavirus
Author(s): National Institute for Communicable Diseases (David Anderson, Lucille Blumberg, Cheryl Cohen, Tendesayi Kufa-Chakezha, Shaheen Mehtar, Natalie Mayet, Jeremy Nel).
Publication date: 27 March
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These are...
Lockdown laws: South Africa’s amended regulations
South Africa’s efforts to stymie the spread of the new coronavirus continue with new regulations gazetted by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister,...
After the ECHO trial: World Health Organisation updates guidance on contraception
'A woman’s risk of HIV does not restrict her contraceptive choice', say new guidelines released today in the wake of recent findings that the...