2024 Global Health Seminar Series
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In the endeavour to encourage and inspire more colleagues to have their research matter, the Department of Global Health has launched a webinar series showcasing stories of knowledge to action.
For queries, contact Ms Chanelle Windvogel on chaneller@sun.ac.za???.
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Is it Time for a Child Development Revolution?
Date: 27 March 2024 | 15h00-16h00
Venue: MS Teams?
Facilitated by Prof Mark Tomlinson, Institute for Life Course Health Research ???
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?Benjamin Perks
Head of Campaigns and Advocacy in the Division of Global Communications and Advocacy at the United Nations Children’s Fund, based in New York
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Given emerging evidence on the power of parenting programmes, parental leave, and early intervention to boost attachment and nurturing care and break costly intergenerational cycles of trauma, is it time for a Child Development Revolution in which every family gets a minimum package of development support? A discussion on the case for a child development revolution globally.??????????????? |
The current state of healthcare in Gaza: experiences from the frontline
Date: 6 March 2024 | 16h30-17h30
Venue: Lecture Hall 2, First Floor Education Building, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Facilitated by Professor Hassan Mahomed ???
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?Dr Edward Chu
Emergency Medicine Physician who recently worked in Gaza with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
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This seminar contributes to a series of seminars hosted by Healthcare Workers for Palestine (HCW4P) throughout the month of March at various medical campuses across South Africa with the focus on sharing, learning, and discussing the current healthcare situation in Palestine.??????????????? |
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Global Initiatives to Promote Adolescent Health and Well-being
Date: 8 February 2024 | 13h00-14h00
Venue: MS Teams?
Hosted by the Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch 肆客足球 ???
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Professor David RossAssociate Editor of the Journal of Adolescent Health and is a consultant to the Child Health Initiative of the FIA Foundation |
David grew up in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and the UK. He is a clinically-trained epidemiologist doing research and training on adolescent health and well-being and is a “Professor Extra-ordinary” in Epidemiology and Public Health in the Institute for Life Course Health Research of Stellenbosch 肆客足球. ??????????????? |
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