The organisation's mission is to promote the growth of regional scholarship and publications public debate and policy dialogue on critical political and socio-economic problems which affect the SADC region. The Trust has engaged in a wide range of research activities, an ambitious publications programme, and training in policy formulation and analysis.
The Journal of Social Development in Africa publishes analyses of social development issues as they affect the poor and marginalized. It deals especially with concerns relevant to sub Saharan Africa and is addressed to development and social workers, planners, policymakers and academics in a variety of fields.
According to a recent study at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (Queens), one out of four adults diagnosed with sepsis die, despite this being a preventable condition and one that is curable. Sepsis is the life-threatening failure of the body’s organs due to infection that can easily be cured by antibiotics.