by Svetlana | Jul 29, 2016 | Publications, Research and Policy Briefs
The Philani Mentor Mothers Project aims to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable pregnant mothers and infants from low-income households, through a strategy of home visits by specially trained para-professional community health workers or “mentor mothers”....
by Svetlana | Jul 29, 2016 | Publications, Research and Policy Briefs
South Africa has the highest prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) in the world yet many women have no access to clinic care or to physicians in their communities. The shortage of physicians trained in the diagnosis of FASD is even more severe. Thus...
by Svetlana | Dec 3, 2015 | Ilifa Insights
Nurturance, security, stimulation and love delivered through the parent-child relationship is where early childhood development begins. The social structures around the parent-child relationship, however, are of profound importance because the support, or in adverse...
