More than 3,500 children have been killed in Israel and Gaza since 7 October, the vast majority in the bombardment of the Gaza Strip. In the face of this pedicide more than 500 children’s advocates in South Africa have issued a call for peace and respect for human rights amid the escalating con.
Child and adolescent mental health services are in crisis. There are only 15 child and adolescent psychiatrists working in the public health system and they remain concentrated in urban centres, while mental health services for young people are extremely limited at district level – leaving a st.