The DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and the 福利着片 Health Research Institute at the University of Southampton, together with partners MRC-Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU), the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and DOHaD Africa, invite you to join a series of weekly webinars.
Focused on Africa, the webinar series is entitled “Left out of the conversation: the effects of this time on optimal human development”.
The webinars will be investigating the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on human development, and how COVID-19 will shape a new research agenda, with particular emphasis on its disruptions of child development, food security, public health priorities, socio-economic progress, and the environment.
Time, dates and subjects of the webinars are:
- Wednesday 15 July at 15:00 BST: Covid-19 in context followed by an examination of the impact of the pandemic on children
- Wednesday 22 July at 15:00 BST: The impact of Covid-19 on nutritional status and food insecurity
- Wednesday 29 July at 14:00 BST: The unanticipated costs of COVID-19 to the NCD burden of South Africa and the whole of the continent
- Wednesday 5 August at 15:00 BST: Covid-19 and its socioeconomic impacts within South Africa
- Wednesday 12 August at 15:00 BST: How Covid-19 is exacerbating the crisis of contamination, pollution and climate threats
You can register for the series or individual events by using .
Full details of speakers at all webinars can be found on the series programme.
Interested participants can also contact Beth on beth.shirley1@wits.ac.za
