Sean Beckett – The Conversation

A nurse demonstrates how to perform a swab test in Johannesburg, South Africa. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images

July 22, 2020

Ten ways South Africa can step‑up care for its healthcare workers

Kaymarlin Govender, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Gavin George, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Sean Beckett, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Tim Quinlan, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Healthcare workers bear the extraordinary practical and psychological challenges of working daily with the threat of infection and for many months.

South Africa moved into level three of a five-tier lockdown on June 1, 2020. Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images

June 8, 2020

Kaymarlin Govender, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Ayesha BM Kharsany, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Gavin George, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and Sean Beckett, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Local participation and ownership of the response to COVID-19 is the only sustainable option.