Tanzania’s declining COVID-19 markets reflect the country’s political messaging

Saidi Mpota, Shauji (2021) Tanzania’s declining COVID-19 markets reflect the country’s political messaging. Africa at LSE (08 Jan 2021). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

After presidential messages in Tanzania perpetuated ideas that COVID-19 has simply ‘gone away’, many Tanzanians no longer buy PPE and health-related business has contracted. Shauji Saidi Mpota explores how local markets reacted to national fears around COVID-19, drawing on shifting political messaging.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/
Additional Information:	© 2021 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform 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:	23 Mar 2021 15:24
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 20:28
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/108679

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