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It is now known which groups are more vulnerable and there is a good appreciation of case numbers in high-income countries. Knowledge about how the virus is transmitted is still…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254239
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Food security and obesity.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239238
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President Cyril Ramaphosa on March 15 declared a state of national disaster and announced stringent measures to help combat the outbreak. While South Africa is relatively well…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251463
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Between 2020 and 2021, the Middle Eastern captagon trade grew by nearly USD2bn to over USD5bn in market value, with further growth expected in 2022. Furthermore, seizures of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB270055
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Food tech -- using technology to improve how food is grown, produced, distributed and consumed -- is critical to meeting consumption needs, and to reducing if not reversing the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274526
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Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under the Obama and Trump administrations, has described loneliness as an epidemic and a public health crisis. Isolation increased during the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278296
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South Africa is not alone: NCDs are rising across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), creating new health care needs, as well as social and economic challenges.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213285
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McConnell explained that his move is to crack down on middle and high school students increasingly using “tobacco products” and becoming “hooked”. This comes as a federal court on…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244021
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Tomas Drucker resigned as interior minister on April 16, under pressure to dismiss a police chief targeted by protesters dissatisfied with the investigation into the murder of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB233336
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There are growing doubts about the commercial viability of the synthetic diamond sector, which has in recent years reshaped the international diamond market. LGDs have opened…