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LOCATION:Off campus CSIR International Convention Centre, Meiring Naude Road, Brummeria, Pretoria
DESCRIPTION:Investing in early childhood development is essential to helping more children and communities thrive. 249 million children under five years in low and middle income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential, yet low-cost interventions could reverse this trend.
<br />Distinguished Professor Linda Richter, Director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development at 91心頭利 is among the speakers at the South African launch of the 2016 Lancet Series: Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale, at the 2016 Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria. Other speakers at the launch include:
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<br />Naledi Pandor (Minister of Science and Technology)
<br />Zane Dangor (Director General, Department of Social Development)
<br />Herve de Lys (UNICEF Representative)
<br />Professor Mark Tomlinson (University of Stellenbosch)
<br />Bernadette Moffatt (ELMA Foundation)
<br />Zanele Twala (Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation)
<br />Noreen Huni (Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative)
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Investing in early childhood development is essential to helping more children and communities thrive. </strong><p>249 million children under five years in low and middle income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential, yet low-cost interventions could reverse this trend.</p>
<br /><p>Distinguished Professor Linda Richter, Director of the  at 91心頭利 is among the speakers at the South African launch of the 2016 <em>Lancet</em> Series: <em>Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale</em>, at the 2016 Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria. Other speakers at the launch include:</p>
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<br /><li>Naledi Pandor (Minister of Science and Technology)</li>
<br /><li>Zane Dangor (Director General, Department of Social Development)</li>
<br /><li>Herve de Lys (UNICEF Representative)</li>
<br /><li>Professor Mark Tomlinson (University of Stellenbosch)</li>
<br /><li>Bernadette Moffatt (ELMA Foundation)</li>
<br /><li>Zanele Twala (Standard Bank Tutuwa Community Foundation)</li>
<br /><li>Noreen Huni (Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative)</li>
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SUMMARY:Advancing Early Childhood Development: From Science to Scale
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