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

author(s) Resnick, Danielle
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Resnick, Danielle, '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, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2022

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Abstract

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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