Government messages and fear from COVID-19 in Dar es Salaam

Hashim Magani, Halfan (2020) Government messages and fear from COVID-19 in Dar es Salaam. Africa at LSE (03 Aug 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Tanzania has rejected a one-size-fits-all model to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and imposing an extensive lockdown as elsewhere in the region. The government’s public health messaging to the population is therefore crucially important. What then has been the effect of public health announcements on citizens’ behaviour, and does this pose a problem for containment or a second wave?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2020 10:21
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 02:26
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106310

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