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Bhekisisa Health Beat Interview: Focus on moms

Bhekisisa Health Beat Interview: Focus on moms

DGMT’s Nutrition Lead, Liezel Engelbrecht, spoke to Mia Malan on a recent Bhekisisa Health Beat episode about why a maternity support grant, starting in the second trimester and continuing until three months after birth, could reduce low birth weight, prevent stunting, and save billions in healthcare costs. Watch an excerpt of their discussion below.

PowerFM Interview: Pilot programme to reduce stunting and malnutrition in children

PowerFM Interview: Pilot programme to reduce stunting and malnutrition in children

In South Africa today, more than a quarter of children under five are stunted. Despite our status as one of the most developed countries in Africa, we continue to grapple with the issue of childhood stunting. PowerFM was in conversation with Food Justice Journalist, Naledi Sikhakhane, as they unpack a pilot programme by the Western […]

Smile FM Interview: Giving babies a better start through maternal nutrition

Smile FM Interview: Giving babies a better start through maternal nutrition

Liezel Engelbrecht, Nutrition Strategy Lead for the Hold My Hand Accelerator at DGMT, spoke to Smile FM to unpack a new pilot in the Western Cape tackling one of South Africa’s silent crises: childhood stunting. With more than a quarter of children under five affected, the pilot focuses on improving maternal nutrition as a first […]

Op-ed: Ignoring child nutrition in South Africa can’t be the next big mistake

Op-ed: Ignoring child nutrition in South Africa can’t be the next big mistake

President Cyril Ramaphosa regrets that early childhood development (ECD) was not prioritised from the advent of democracy. At the Bana Pele Leadership Summit last month, he turned to Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and said: “I’m the first in government to admit that we have made a mistake. We should have started with early childhood development […]

Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice

Maternal Support Grant: It’s social justice

The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions What comes to mind when you hear the term ‘social protection’? For […]

ENCA Interview: Pilot programme to support the nutrition of pregnant women

ENCA Interview: Pilot programme to support the nutrition of pregnant women

The Western Cape Health Department, in partnership with the DGMT, is running a maternal support programme focused on underweight, at-risk pregnant women and new mothers of low birth weight babies. Read more about the pilot here. David Harrison, CEO of the DG Murray Trust, spoke to ENCA. Watch the interview below.