Annual Report

Academic presentations
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Cape Town (UCT), Research Day (local
presentation): Predictors of alcohol and other drug use among pregnant women in a low-income
urban setting. 3rd December, 2015.
• Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health UCT, academic meeting (local presentation). Prevalence
of antenatal depression and associated risk factors amongst low-income women living in Hanover
Park. 02 June, 2015
Learning brief
Alcohol and other drug use among pregnant women in a peri-urban South
African setting findings from one of our recent research studies.
This learning brief addresses the high rates of alcohol and drug abuse among
pregnant women living in adversity.
This brief can be read or downloaded from our website.
4.3 Going forward
The year 2016 should see an increase in research projects, and research outputs. We hope to formalise
and raise funds to further early collaborations commenced with the University of Freiburg, Germany, to
conduct training research in Vietnam, China and Germany and Johns Hopkins University, USA, to conduct
an intervention trial in Cape Town. We also hope to raise funds to conduct a trial of our Nyamekela4Care
intervention.
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