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When secrecy and expert advice collide in a pandemic: Access to information and the National Department of Health’s tardy publication of Ministerial Advisory Committee advisories

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M Richter, Y Nokhepheyi, F Hassan

Abstract


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Authors' affiliations

M Richter, Health Justice Initiative, Cape Town, South Africa; African Centre for Migration and Society, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Y Nokhepheyi, Health Justice Initiative, Cape Town, South Africa

F Hassan, Health Justice Initiative, Cape Town, South Africa

Keywords

COVID-19; Pandemic; Transparency; Secrecy; Access to information

Cite this article

South African Medical Journal 2022;112(3):190-191.

Article History

Date submitted: 2022-02-17
Date published: 2022-02-17

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