Dr. David Rakotsoane

David Rakotsoane is a South African clinician-researcher whose work centres on neonatal and infant neurodevelopment in resource-limited settings. His scholarship focuses on early childhood outcomes following high-risk perinatal conditions, with particular attention to vulnerable populations in urban and tertiary care contexts in Southern Africa.

His publications examine developmental trajectories of infants affected by hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, late prematurity, and very low birth weight. Using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, his research evaluates cognitive, motor, and language outcomes, and explores associations with clinical risk factors such as therapeutic hypothermia and neonatal intensive care interventions.

Rakotsoane’s work highlights the need for structured long-term neurodevelopmental follow-up and contextually appropriate screening strategies in low- and middle-income countries. Based on a limited but focused body of publications, his contributions strengthen evidence for early identification of developmental delay and inform neonatal care practices in sub-Saharan Africa.