Posted on September 09, 2024
We've reached full capacity for in-person attendance, but you can still join us online! The address will cover much of the research Prof Feucht has been involved with, and is titled: "The first 1000 days of life: Fetal and early childhood factors influencing lifelong growth".
Posted on August 21, 2024
You are invited to attend the Inaugural Address of our Research Centre Director, Professor Ute Feucht, which is taking place on Tuesday, 10th September 2024 at 17:30 for 18:00 at the Senate Hall, Hatfield Campus, University of Pretoria. Seats are limited so please RSVP soon should you wish to...
Posted on August 08, 2024
'Save the Date' for the inaugural lecture of our Research Centre Director, Prof Ute Feucht, on 10 September 2024 at 17h30. "The first 1000 days of life: Fetal and early childhood factors influencing lifelong health" Full invite with RSVP to follow. This is an in-person lecture in the Senate...
Posted on July 30, 2024
Yesterday our Research Centre Director Professor Ute Feucht presented some of our results on the influence of various maternal, fetal, neonatal, and infant factors on infant anthropometric and body composition outcomes at 18 months. Key findings: Exposure to maternal HIV infection and an...
Posted on July 25, 2024
International Workshop on HIV & Pediatrics, Munich, Germany Our Research Centre Director Professor Ute Feucht and PhD candidate Mothusi Nyofane had the opportunity to attend the International Workshop on HIV & Pediatrics in Munich, Germany. Mothusi presented some of the results from the...
Posted on June 12, 2024
Kangaroo mother care: free resources available on our website Kangaroo mother care (KMC) is a proven high-impact, cost-effective, and life-saving intervention which improves the outcomes of preterm and low-birthweight newborns. Researchers from our Research Centre have been involved in...
Posted on March 12, 2024
Our Research Centre is involved in an exciting pilot study which could be ground-breaking for early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis using a point-of-care test which can be administered by health workers in the ward setting. Sepsis is one of the leading causes of neonatal mortality and rapid early...
Posted on February 28, 2024
We are delighted to share groundbreaking insights from the latest article published by lead author Louise du Toit, a PhD student whose research with mothers and infants enrolled in the Siyakhula Study was carried out at our Research Centre. The study sheds light on metabolic alterations in...
Posted on February 23, 2024
Our Research Centre had the privilege of hosting a team of doctors, nurses and health programme managers from Eswatini this week for a benchmarking visit to improve neonatal outcomes in their country. During their time with us, we exchanged on best neonatal practices in our settings, and the team...
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...
Posted on September 06, 2023
Thank you to our colleagues from FIND who came to visit us today at out Research Centre in Pretoria! Dr Ntombi Sigwebela and Dr. Angela Muriuki - what a fantastic morning we have had, discussing stillbirths, placental insufficiency, Umbiflow and many other important things!
Posted on August 30, 2023
How severe was the impact of COVID-19 really on the maternal-and-child health care services in South Africa? Was it as bad as we thought? Here is our data from Tshwane, and it certainly had some surprises! Please find the link to the article, which has just been published in the South African...
Posted on August 25, 2023
A 10-minute near-patient diagnostic test for neonatal sepsis - that would be a game changer, as neonatal sepsis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in our setting. This is such a great collaboration with colleagues from Seroxo Ltd (UK) and ITERATE Design and Innovation Ltd (UK) to...
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