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Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability for the Delivery of Mental Health Information among Perinatal Adolescents in Nigeria
May 27, 2021Teenage mothers, their peculiarity and perinatal depression Teenage pregnancies occur in every country globally, but the prevalence is highest (56%) in Sub- Saharan Africa. In Nigeria, the......
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Hearing loss is a neglected hazard for miners in South Africa
May 25, 2021South Africa’s mining industry has long been an important part of the country’s economy. In 2020 alone, despite COVID-19, mining contributed R361.6 billion (almost 20......
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CARTA celebrates 100 graduates: A monumental milestone
May 20, 2021Shortly after our tenth anniversary, celebrated last year, CARTA now revels in surpassing the mark of 100 PhD graduates! CARTA has contributed to developing a......
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Fundraising Lessons from an Early Career Researcher
April 27, 2021It is the wish of every researcher to have access to funding for their work. While it is not always readily available, the first step......
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CARTA mourns Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York
April 20, 2021We are saddened to hear about the loss of Vartan Gregorian, the President of Carnegie Corporation of New York, which happened on April 15, 2021,......
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CARTA workshop offers supervisors opportunity to reflect on their capacity
March 31, 2021A one-day virtual workshop for Cohort Ten fellows’ supervisors took place on March 25, 2021 under the facilitation of the University of the Witwatersrand. The......
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Adolescent obesity in Nigeria: an epidemic with minimal response
March 4, 2021Background There has been a steady rise in the prevalence of overweight and obese children in all regions of the world. In very extreme cases,......
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Prof. Agbor calls for more Investment on Science and Technology in Africa
February 26, 2021The 8th Public Lecture of the Joint Advanced Seminar 3 was delivered by Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor, the Honourable Commissioner for Human Resources, Science, Technology,......
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Virtual Joint Advanced Seminar 3: A Fellow’s Experience
February 26, 2021Lindiwe Farlane shares her experience of the just concluded Joint Advanced Seminar 3 What opportunities emerged from the virtual JAS 3 sessions and what are......
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CARTA, a multidisciplinary driving force leading the way on COVID-19
February 18, 2021This blog post was first published on the AAS blog as part of a series that explored how the eleven DELTAS Africa-funded consortia were able......
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CARTA’s Newsletter is out! Check it out today
February 18, 2021In this issue, we celebrate ten years of CARTA’s contribution to the development of a vibrant African academy. Who else to reflect on the decade......
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Virtual seminars: An opportunity or a challenge?
January 29, 2021We had a chance to speak with Akinyinka Omigbodun, former chairman of the management board of CARTA and a coordinator and facilitator of the ongoing......
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