World Mental Health Month 2015
World Mental Health Day 2015 October is World Mental Health Month, and 10 October World Mental Health Day. In South Africa, the commemoration of this health awareness landmark in our calendar is of...
View ArticleNew Intervention Study Tackles Anxiety in Childhood
A brand new study by Stellenbosch University PhD candidate, Naomi Myburgh, under the supervision of Professor Loxton is setting out to develop a feasible, context-sensitive and effective...
View Article15 October: World Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day
On the 15th of October we are observing National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day to raise awareness about Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) and help prevent children from being born with...
View ArticleSpotlight on book-sharing project in Times Higher Education Review
Last week, the Times Higher Education Review (famous for its rankings of universities around the world) featured an article calling for researchers of child development to take their work beyond the...
View ArticlePUBLIC LECTURE: Communication strategies for social change
PUBLIC LECTURE Communication strategies for social change 1 July 2016, 12.30-13.30 Resource Centre, Wits School of Public Health, York Road, Parktown Dr Eric Lindland is a cognitive anthropologist...
View ArticleThe Mphatlalatsane Project: Integrating HIV into an early child development...
Addressing HIV in South African public health programmes is always both a priority and a challenge for interventionists. In a society characterised by some of the highest HIV rates in the world,...
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