South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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Comment Letter Retracted Publication
Barriers to the representation of researchers from developing countries in international health and potential strategies to address these.
Letter by Haribhai on article by Moodley (Moodley K. Research imperialism resurfaces in South Africa in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic - this time, via a digital portal. S Afr Med J 2020;110(11):1068-1069. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i11.15285).
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The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has brought a number of major global clinical, sociological and economic issues into sharp focus. We address some of these issues, focusing on short-term factors such as virus mutations and vaccine efficacy, and also considering the longer-term implications of the current pandemic. We discuss societal responses to the presence of a pathogen that will probably remain in circulation for decades or longer, and to future new emergent viruses.