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Social and structural vulnerability as a barrier in HIV and/or AIDS communication campaigns: perceptions of undergraduate students at a South African tertiary institution
(OASIS, 2018)
The multicultural nature of a higher academic institution comprising students from different backgrounds can either negatively or positively influence student behaviour. Students might engage in high-risk practices, which ...
Investigating the prevention and mitigatory role of risk communication in the COVID-19 pandemic : a case study of Bloemfontein, South Africa
(OASIS, 2021)
The South African disaster response activities surpass risk reduction since the implementation of
the Disaster Management Act 57 of 2002 (DMA) and the National Disaster Management Framework
of 2005 (NDMF). Risk reduction, ...
Combating HIV and/or AIDS: A challenge to Millennium Development Goals for disaster managers in the Southern African Development Community
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)
Disaster management is a process of planning and implementation of measures involving multiple disciplines and sectors; hence Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) cannot go unnoticed. Approximately 189 member states agreed ...
Nutritional vulnerability: an assessment of the 2010 feeding food programme in Mbire district, Zimbabwe, and its impact on pregnant women
(OASIS, 2017)
Malnutrition contributes significantly to Zimbabwe’s high maternal mortality rate. The prevalence of malnutrition among vulnerable pregnant women in the Mbire district of Zimbabwe was studied to establish why they remained ...
Erratum : COVID-19 home remedies and myths becoming a hazardous health infodemic?
(OASIS, 2021)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) brought on several social, economic, political, and
environmental challenges. What was mostly questioned was the efficacy of the Disaster
Management Act 57 of 2002 (As Amended 16 of ...
COVID-19 disaster response : South African disaster managers’ faith in mandating legislation tested?
(OASIS, 2021)
For the first time in the history of the Disaster Management Act, 57 of 2002, South Africa
declared COVID-19 an epidemiological disaster. Section 3 and 27(1) of this Act activated the
responsible Minister in consultation ...