Fetal Alcohol Disorders Working Group that organized the International FASD Day on 9th September 2009 at St Georges Cathedral and Mandela Rose Hotel.

Training workshop, Kigali, Rwanda,
25-28 March 2008.

Prof Mohamed Seedat and Prof Kuku Voyi (Chairperson of MRC Board)
at the Medical Research Council Board Visit
7 February 2008.

Dr Olive Kobusinge (World Health Organisation Regional Office for Africa) and and Dr Stella Anyangwe (World Health Organisation, Pretoria) with Nomzamo community members at the
World Health Organisation Site Visit.

Dr Alex Butchart (World Health Organisation) and Megan Prinsloo at the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Mexico, 15-18 March 2008.

Dr Dinesh Sethi (WHO European Centre for Environment & Health) at the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Mexico.

Members of the local organizing Committee, 5th African Regional Safe Communities Conference, 28-30 April 2008, Maputo

Delegates at the 5th African Regional Safe Communities Conference, 28-30 April 2008, Maputo.

Community Site Visit, Maputo.

The CVI presented papers on the Risk and Protective Factors to Male Interpersonal Violence and on Developing a Critical Conceptual Framework, while allowing for several sessions of open discussion and panel debates.   

Names of participants, from left to right: Mrs. Susanne Tonsing (MRC/UNISA CVI); Mrs. Barbara Holtman (CSIR Crime Prevention Centre); Capt. Van Rensburg (SAPS/Crime Information Analysis Centre); Capt. Bongi Malete (SAPS/Crime Analysis Information Centre); Dr. Mthobeli Guma (UWC); Prof. Jim Cochrane (UCT/African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP); Mr. Mbuyiselo Botha (Sonke Gender Justice).

31 participants from various backgrounds attended the Round Table Discussion on Understanding Male Interpersonal Violence.

Names of participants, from left to right: Prof. Kopano Ratele (Institute for Social and Health Sciences (UNISA) and CVI (MRC/UNISA); Prof. Sandy Lazarus (MRC/UNISA CVI); Dr. Ashley van Niekerk (MRC/UNISA CVI); Dr. Debbie Bradshaw (MRC Burden of Disease); Prof. Norman Duncan (WITS, Dept. of Psychology); Ms. Shahnaaz Suffla (MRC/UNISA CVI); Dr. Garth Stevens (WITS, Dept. of Psychology).

Participants of the Round Table on Understanding Male Interpersonal Violence discuss possible explanations for South Africa’s high rates of male violence.

Names of participants, from left to right: Mr. Kenneth Lukuko (Institute for Justice and Reconciliation); Mr. Eldred de Klerk (U Managing Conflict/UMAC); Mr. Umesh Bawa (UWC, Dept. of Psychology); Dr. Sibusiso Sifunda (MRC, Health Promotion); Mr. Richard Matzopoulos (UCT & MRC/UNISA CVI); Dr. Cathy Ward (HSRC; Child, Youth, Family and Social Development).

A participant supports the viewpoint that finding the underlying causes of South Africa’s high rates of violence does not imply that we should put any current, practical efforts at violence prevention on ice.

Names of participants, from left to right: Capt. Bongi Malete (SAPS/Crime Analysis Information Centre); Dr. Mthobeli Guma (UWC); Prof. Jim Cochrane (UCT/African Religious Health Assets Programme (ARHAP); Mr. Mbuyiselo Botha (Sonke Gender Justice).