Posted on February 20, 2024
Assisting our neighbouring country to improve their neonatal outcomes! Currently we have our Eswatini colleagues here in Pretoria for a benchmarking visit. #SDG #neonatalcare #kmc #eswatini #southafrica Khomotso Masemola Ute Feucht Theunis Avenant Carin Maree mercy ndacayisaba Anne-Marie...
Posted on February 14, 2024
Insights into childhood stunting from South African research. Childhood stunting is a major public health problem in South Africa. PhD student Sanja Nel, affiliated with our Research Centre, showed that being born preterm and small-for-gestational age (SGA) significantly increases the...
Posted on December 08, 2023
Mrs Andrea Prinsloo, a PhD student from the Department of Immunology at University of Pretoria presented her research last week at the 18th International Congress of Immunology in Cape Town. The research formed part of the Siyakhula Study, which was carried out at our Research Centre, and is...
Posted on December 05, 2023
The 14th South African Child Health Priorities Association Conference kicked off this morning and our Research Centre Director Professor Ute Feucht facilitated some very important discussions around whether South Africa is on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals related to mothers,...
Posted on December 04, 2023
At the 5th International Developmental Pediatrics Association (IDPA) congress 2023 in Johannesburg Mr Mothusi Nyofane, PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria, presented our findings on neurodevelopmental outcomes of children exposed to maternal HIV infection and placental insufficiency....
Posted on November 12, 2023
Dr Michael Christie, who is affiliated with our Research Centre, presented a Poster at the recent Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Conference, which described the implementation of the updated South African paediatric HIV guidelines across Tshwane District during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Posted on September 30, 2023
Marna Nel received an unexpected trophy for her Research Poster The poster was presented at the Tshwane District Health Research Conference 28-29 September 2023 "Thank you for this...I am honoured to be part of this Health District!"
Posted on September 12, 2023
What are small-for-gestational age (SGA) newborns, and how do they differ from growth-restricted newborns? How do we use the new conceptual framework of 'Small Vulnerable Newborns' (#SVN) from the 2023 Lancet series (https://lnkd.in/du4BupZS) in our clinical practice? Are there any special...
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