Nothando

Nothando

From Global Health Lives by Delan Devakumar

April 12, 2026 · 34 min · Season 6 · Episode 32

About this episode

Professor Nothando Ngwenya discusses adolescent mental health, complex trauma, and her personal experiences with fertility.

Professor Nothando Ngwenya is a faculty member at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa. Nothando is a psychologist, who also has a degree in computer science and specialises in adolescent mental health. In this episode Nothando talks about complex trauma, adolescent mental health and the problems with measurement, her childhood growing up in Johannesburg, and her own issues with fertility.

People in this episode

Host: Delan Devakumar

Guest: Nothando Ngwenya

Topics covered

  • adolescent mental health
  • complex trauma
  • fertility issues
  • psychology
  • measurement problems

Keywords

  • adolescent mental health
  • complex trauma
  • fertility
  • psychology
  • measurement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Africa Health Research Institute

Places: South Africa, Johannesburg

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