Very proud of this piece. We hope to work on many of these research ideas in 2025. So good to work with @AnushCT and colleagues @SUhealthsci @PublicSquaresSU
what a great start to 2025 with our paper in Nature Medicine today! full article rdcu.be/d5ous
@bernagerber @traceysmythe @SUhealthsci @WAIMHorg
Berna Gerber retweeted
It’s #WorldChildrensDay!
Every child deserves the best chance of a healthy future.
They have a right to:
🩺 Health
🍽️ Nutritious food
🤲🏼 Responsive care
💞 Safe, clean and secure environments
👩🏻🏫 Education and early learning
🛡️ Protection from harm
#HealthForAll
Great work. Thank you for sharing! @AnushCT
One of our papers on the qualitative work done for the co-design of our Mazi Umntanakho tool is out! The main message: more needs to be done about the mental well-being of little people in South Africa @ceres_jacobs link.springer.com/10.1007/s1…
Berna Gerber retweeted
One of our papers on the qualitative work done for the co-design of our Mazi Umntanakho tool is out! The main message: more needs to be done about the mental well-being of little people in South Africa @ceres_jacobs link.springer.com/10.1007/s1…
So exciting indeed!! @AnushCT
Read about our exciting Public Square in Early Intervention&Infant Mental Health #ResearchForImpact @SUhealthsci @bernagerber
www0.sun.ac.za/.../enlarging…
This MPhil is a lovely opportunity for any health sciences professional working with young children and families. @SASLHA1 @OTASA_news
Our Call for Applications for the MPhil IMH Program at SU Department of Psychiatry is open!
This culturally sensitive and contextually relevant program is the only one in IMH offered on the African Continent. Please feel free to share @SUhealthsci
Berna Gerber retweeted
Read our piece in the LANCET available online first today!
Opportunities to accelerate progress in infant mental health - The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health thelancet.com/journals/lanch…
@WAIMHorg @SUhealthsci
Berna Gerber retweeted
Very inspiring to have such a strong champion for child mental health leading SASOP. The challenge is how to increase investment and close the treatment gap for children in the context of austerity cuts
“There’s a mental health crisis in South Africa and yet, today, there are fewer than 40 registered child psychiatrists in the country,” Dr Anusha Lachman tells Spotlight.
spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/03/2…
@AnushCT @SUhealthsci @TheSADAG
Congratulations to our good friend Paul Gerber on his appointment as managing director, operational via @cnandcohttps://cnandco.com/2024/03/12/bubbles-all-round-exciting-changes-at-colmant/ Thank you @carelnolte @Alchemyxbubbles
It's so special to be part of the Colmant story
Very very excited too about what this opportunity may bring. Thank you Prof Moyo and the DRD team for backing the focus on Early Life Interventions and IMH. Lots of work to do now!! @AnushCT @MedAnthDoc @SUhealthsci @MatiesResearch @StellenboschUni
Research&Innovation for Impact soooo thrilled to co-lead this Public Square in Early Life & Infant Mental Health with @bernagerber representing @SUhealthsci under the strategic vision of @MatiesResearch @StellenboschUni leadership Prof Moyo
What a wonderful launch at @book_lounge celebrating @MedAnthDoc’s first book! Insights formed by ‘simply’ inviting and listening to people’s stories. I love the trans disciplinary approach and serious scholarship. Again inspired and so grateful to be with my people too @AnushCT💫
Speaking our language in an energy filled book launch for @MedAnthDoc book The Politics of Potential in Cape Town with my people 🌟😬 @bernagerber
What an inspiring day!! The only way yo do this is trans disciplinary. And by clinicians, and academics from ALL relevant fields. So much we can and should do!! #inspired @AnushCT @MedAnthDoc @DrCathD @SUhealthsci @MatiesResearch
Asking the hard questions around culturally and contextually relevant tools used in Infant Mental Health & Africa Stimulating trans disciplinary discussions @MedAnthDoc @DrCathD @bernagerber @SUhealthsci #StellenboschUniversity #UCT Anthropology #healthInHumanities #KingsCollege
What a great wonderful event. Loved learning with you @AnushCT @SUhealthsci
Fantastic start to our IMH practitioners workshop @SUhealthsci @WAIMHorg @bernagerber
#HarryCrossleyFoundation
#Infantmentalhealth
#earlylifehealth
#SUDeptofPsychiatry
A really nice learning opportunity for all heath professionals working with young children and their families
Join our IMH Practitioners Workshop where we introduce you to evidence based interventions to practically use in LMIC settings! @bernagerber @SUhealthsci @UbubeleTrust @StellenboschUni Dept of Psychiatry
Thank you for posting this @AnushCT We need critical engagement from across the world as we create and critique the knowledge we need in the South to serve everyone who is born, grow, learn, work, and age here... And let's not talk about the exorbitant publication fees
Let's have this overdue uncomfortable conversation about the Academic & Research Inequalities in CAP in Africa...thank u @WPA_Psychiatry for the platform
Indeed a proud moment! Congratulations to you all and all the best in the role Astrid! Very safe hands… @AnushCT @SUhealthsci @NCGvP @DrThereseFish
SU Infant Mental Health Faculty proudly South African ...representing at World Infant Mental Health conference in Dublin @WAIMHorg with new President Prof Astrid Berg @SUhealthsci
Berna Gerber retweeted
Congratulations Astrid. Forward!!
SU Infant Mental Health Faculty proudly South African ...representing at World Infant Mental Health conference in Dublin @WAIMHorg with new President Prof Astrid Berg @SUhealthsci
We are open for applications for our IMH online short course! #AfricanSolutions4AfricasChildren




























