| Activities & Research | Addresses | Researchers | |
| Research Interests | Training Provided | Collaboration | Applied Research |
| Country | South Africa |
| Head of Dept or Unit | Prof Denis Viljoen |
| Type of Organisation | Research institute |
| Source of Funding(Public/Private/Both) | Both |
| Respondant | Prof Denis Viljoen |
| Activities and Research | |
| Types of Activities Undertaken | Types of Research Undertaken |
| Research | Laboratory |
| Training | Clinical |
| Addresses | top |
| Physical | James Murray, National Health Laboratory Service, Crn De Klerk/Hospital str, Johannesburg, 2000 |
| Postal | JohannesburgCrn De Klerk/Hospital str, 2000, |
| Telephone | +27 11 4899211 |
| Fax | +27 11 4899209 |
| denis.viljoen@nhls.co.za |
| Researchers | |
| Prof Denis Viljoen | |
| Prof Arnold Christianson | |
| Prof Michele Ramsay | |
| Ms Patricia Craig | |
| Prof C Molteno | |
| Prof Amanda Krause |
| Primary Research Interests | top |
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. | |
| Education of primary health care workers | |
| Keywords | top |
| Health and Disease - Child development, Health and Disease - Drug and alcohol abuse, Nutrition - Other nutritional | |
| Training | top | |
| Type of Training | Type of Trainees | Course Co-ordinator |
| Subspeciality of medical genetics | Medical geneticists | Prof Amanda Krause |
| Genetic counselling | Genetic counsellors | Prof Amanda Krause |
| Research into fetal alcohol syndrome | Community workers and other health care profession | Patricia Craig |
| Medical genetics | Primary health care nurses | Prof Arnold Christianson |
| Applied Research | |
| 1. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Programme in collaboration with the National Department of Health, Directorate Mental Health and Substance Abuse. 2. Policy Guidelines for the Management and prevention of genetic Disorders, Birth Defects & Disabilities |
| Involvement in Setting Health Priorities | |
| Fetal Alcohol Syndrome :Report on the 1996 NIH Site Visit to South Africa. | |
| Report available |