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Catherine Draper

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Public health & social scientist. A/Prof @WitsUniversity @DPHRU_SA Passionate about early childhood development. Follower of Jesus 🇿🇦

Cape Town, South Africa
Joined May 2010
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RT @MovingMindsECD: Join us for the Nurturing Futures webinar series 2.0, where we’ll explore how to reshape humanitarian systems to priori….
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RT @PEDALCam: We'll be joined at the #PEDALConference2025 by keynote speaker @DrCathD, Associate Professor in the SAMRC Developmental Pathw….
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RT @MovingMindsECD: Welcome to #April !.Countdown to #NurturingFuturesWebinarSeries episode one! .Join us to explore integrating research i….
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Looking forward to being part of this conversation and highlighting the critical needs of young children in crisis settings.
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Moving Minds Alliance
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Join @MovingMindsECD, @ISSA_ECD, @vanleerfdn, @GlobalSchoolsForum and other thought leaders for #NurturingFuturesWebinar Series. Topic: Optimising Evidence Uptake and Collaborative Advocacy for Early Childhood Development in Crisis Settings. Register Now- .
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4 months
It was an honour to share a virtual platform with you 🙏🏻 Thank you for your passion and commitment to ECD in South Africa. I hope there are further opportunities for 🇿🇦 ECD researchers in to work with government to strengthen the ongoing efforts!.
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It was a great honour to take part in today's seminar at the @WorldBank on our @TheLancet ECD and the next 1000 days series. The joy of connecting with colleagues in person has not got old. Plus I got to enjoy some snow!☃️☃️☃️
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Retaining participants in long-term trials is difficult, and it's important to understand the range of intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing retention. We've documented what we've learnt about this with young women in the Bukhali trial in Soweto:
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Thank you @unicef for the opportunity to present on #TheNext1000Days and meet colleagues working on ECD in Africa. Also grateful for the Moroccon hospitality we have been shown ❤️🇲🇦
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Very excited that our paper is out on the pilot of our Mazi Umntanakho digital tool for young children's social emotional development & mental health in 🇿🇦! @ceres_jacobs @cayls_cook @gillianrhayes @drklakes @LucretiaW_ @LizAnkrah et al.
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Some of the most inspiring people I've worked with are the community health workers who implement our Bukhali intervention with young women in Soweto. I've learnt so much from them. Our latest paper captures their voices and shares some of these lessons:.
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RT @MuntherIsaac: Today we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. here in our land in Palestine. Here in Palestine, we live under the h….
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Any South Africans had to apply for Moroccan visa recently? It seems like we can apply for an e-visa if you have a US or Canadian visa, but can't get any joy out of the online system and embassy is not answering the phone. .
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After numerous desk rejections & truckloads of revisions, our paper on social ecological factors influencing school readiness in🇿🇦 is finally published 🥳 @cayls_cook @GaiaScerif @rebeccammerkley @DrSJHoward #IDELA @save_children.
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RT @TC_Africa: The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are crucial – there’s growing evidence that the next 1,000 are just as important . h….
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RT @TheLancet: The cost of inaction in early childhood is high. In our latest issue, a Lancet Series calls for wider investment to ensure….
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RT @TheLancet: "There is no better place to start than with investment in the next 1000 days.". Read our latest Editorial exploring the key….
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RT @TC_Africa: The first 1,000 days of life are critical, but ages 2-5 also shape a child's future health and development. .
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RT @ECDAction: Launch recording now available! New Lancet Series: Early Childhood Development and the Next 1000 Days .
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RT @guenther_fink: Here are the links to the papers in case you are interested:. @DrCathD.@….
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8 months
Thank you @ECDAction for hosting! What a great launch, now the work of advocacy for the next 1,000 days continues 😁.
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Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN)
8 months
Speakers at the launch webinar of @TheLancet series on the #next1000days share the findings and reactions to the newly released papers highlighting the critical time from age 2-5 and the cost of inaction. Free access to the series here
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