Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations

Global Health Action

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Norris, Shane A ^a,b   Daar, Abdallah ^a,c   Balasubramanian, Dorairajan ^a,d   Byass, Peter ^a,e   Kimani Murage, Elizabeth ^a,f   Macnab, Andrew ^a,g   Pauw, Christoff ^a   Singhal, Atul ^a,h   Yajnik, Chittaranjan ^a,i   Akazili, James ^j   Levitt, Naomi ^k   Maatoug, Jihene ^l   Mkhwanazi, Nolwazi ^m   Moore, Sophie E ⁿ   Nyirenda, Moffat ^o   Pulliam, Juliet R C ^a   Rochat, Tamsen ^b,p   Said Mohamed, Rihlat ^b   Seedat, Soraya ^a   Sobngwi, Eugene ^q   Tomlinson, Mark ^a   Toska, Elona ^r   van Schalkwyk, Cari ^a   more..

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^j Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^l FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

ⁿ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^p HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^q UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Africa; Developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD); Life course epidemiology; Non communicable disease; Policy; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDS;

AFRICA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85028530118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985     Document Type: Article

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