Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences

The Harry Crossley Children’s Nursing Development Unit, is a nurse-led, donor-funded teaching and scholarship unit within the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The Unit is dedicated to strengthening children’s nursing and leadership capacity across Africa to improve outcomes for children and their families, through contextually appropriate, evidence-informed practice and an unwavering commitment to unapologetic African nursing excellence. The Unit’s work aligns with WHO Sustainable Development Goals 3.2 and 3.c, global workforce priorities and the UCT 2030 Vision. It’s integrated portfolio spans three core areas:

Teaching and training nurses working with children. Supporting educators and institutions as they build sustainable contextually appropriate and high-quality educational training programmes. Working with children’s nursing leaders and teams to articulat...