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Linda Richter

Distinguished Professor University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa

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Linda Richter, a developmental psychologist, is a Distinguished Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She led the 2016 Lancet Series Advancing Early Child Development: From Science to Scale and the South African Integrated National ECD Policy, and she currently leads the ECD Countdown to 2030.

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The power of simple behaviours for human connection

Promoting intuitive parent–child interactions for healthy development

Birth of a Parent Podcast

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