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Thursday, 12/02/2026 · 12:00 London (GMT +0:00)
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The Lancet Regional Health - Africa is an open access journal committed to advancing clinical practice and health policy in Africa to improve health outcomes for all people regionally and globally. As part of The Lancet Regional Health Global Initiative, we advocate for healthcare quality and access in Africa, and provide a platform for high-quality original research that drives change. We invite submissions that are pertaining to regional health topics, including infectious and non-communicable diseases, child and adolescent health, maternal and reproductive health, mental health, injuries and trauma, climate change, health policy, health systems, and health equity.

Join us—Catherine Draper, Editor-in-Chief, and Hlengiwe Madlala, Senior Editor—for this Lancet Webinar, during which you will learn about the journal's aims and scope, what we are looking for in a research paper, and best practices to prepare your manuscript for publication in The Lancet Regional Health - Africa.

Whether you are an existing author or are thinking of submitting to The Lancet Group for the first time, we are committed to supporting you on whatever stage of your publication journey you find yourself.

About the Speakers

1764090201-9c538999abc2110f Catherine Draper
Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Regional Health - Africa, South Africa

Catherine Draper is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to starting as the Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Regional Health - Africa in September 2025, she held an Associate Professor position at the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa; 2020-2025, previously Senior Researcher). Catherine has an MA in Research Psychology and a PhD in Public Health, both from the University of Cape Town (South Africa), where she also completed her postdoctoral research fellowship and worked as a Senior Researcher until 2017. Catherine has published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles and led the Series on 'Early childhood development and the next 1000 days', published in The Lancet in 2024. Her research interests include implementation science, qualitative research methods, and early childhood development. Catherine has been involved in research studies on child development, and maternal and child health in South Africa. She is passionate about doing research that can contribute to social change at community level.

1764090509-17672a9d99b8e129 Hlengiwe Madlala
Senior Editor, The Lancet Regional Health - Africa, South Africa

Hlengiwe Madlala is based in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to joining The Lancet Group, Hlengiwe worked at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) for ten years, starting as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Human Biology, and progressing through several research and academic roles before becoming a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She has a BSc in Biomedical Sciences, MSc and PhD degrees in Human Physiology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), completing part of her doctoral research at KU Leuven in Belgium. Hlengiwe also obtained an MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and an MBA from Management College of Southern Africa (South Africa). She has 38 publications in maternal and child health, HIV, and cardiometabolic disease research. Hlengiwe is passionate about research that addresses pressing public health challenges impacting underrepresented populations.

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