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[The Conversation Africa] When COVID hit, healthcare systems around the world were turned upside down. Hospitals cleared beds, routine appointments were cancelled and people were told to stay at home unless it was urgent. In England, visits to family doctors and hospital admissions for non-COVID reasons fell by a third in the early months of the pandemic. Medical staff were rede...


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[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Social Development (DSD) has dismissed false claims circulating on social media suggesting that the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant is set to be terminated.


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[spotlight] South Africa had several "family chats" in which President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. He should do the same for tuberculosis, argues Dr Janet Giddy of the advocacy group TB Proof.


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[Ghanaian Times] Parliament has officially repealed the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy Act, 2021 (Act 1068), which imposed a special tax on goods, services, and imports to raise revenue for COVID-19-related expenditures. The repeal follows the passage of the COVID-19 Health Recovery Levy (Repeal) Bill, 2025, after it underwent all necessary readings and debates in the House.


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[The Conversation Africa] The UK was one of the most locked down countries in the world during the COVID pandemic, but this was not inevitable - it was a failure of public health policy.


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