Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response

In April 2020, Tanzania’s prime minister made a simple plea: “Tanzanians should maintain trust in the government. You should continue to trust our experts who are behind every decision we make.” A month later, the country’s then president, John Magufuli, fired the head of its national COVID-19 test...

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Autor principal: Resnick, Danielle
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141305
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description In April 2020, Tanzania’s prime minister made a simple plea: “Tanzanians should maintain trust in the government. You should continue to trust our experts who are behind every decision we make.” A month later, the country’s then president, John Magufuli, fired the head of its national COVID-19 test laboratory and committed to importing an untested herbal tonic from Madagascar that was controversially touted as a cure for the novel coronavirus despite scientists’ worries that it could lead to drug-resistant malaria.
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spelling CGSpace1413052025-11-06T03:51:47Z Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response Resnick, Danielle value chains agricultural products policies covid-19 health social protection sciences nutrition government food security poverty In April 2020, Tanzania’s prime minister made a simple plea: “Tanzanians should maintain trust in the government. You should continue to trust our experts who are behind every decision we make.” A month later, the country’s then president, John Magufuli, fired the head of its national COVID-19 test laboratory and committed to importing an untested herbal tonic from Madagascar that was controversially touted as a cure for the novel coronavirus despite scientists’ worries that it could lead to drug-resistant malaria. 2022-03-07 2024-04-12T13:37:39Z 2024-04-12T13:37:39Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141305 en https://www.ifpri.org/blog/trust-science-and-government-plays-crucial-role-covid-19-response https://www.ifpri.org/interactive/covid2022 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Resnick, Danielle. 2022. Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Four: Policy Responses and Implications, Chapter 29, Pp. 180-184. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_29.
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Resnick, Danielle
Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response
title Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response
title_full Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response
title_fullStr Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response
title_full_unstemmed Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response
title_short Trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in COVID-19 response
title_sort trust in science and in government plays a crucial role in covid 19 response
topic value chains
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policies
covid-19
health
social protection
sciences
nutrition
government
food security
poverty
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