TY  - JOUR
JF  - Global Health Action
A1  - Norris, SA
A1  - Daar, A
A1  - Balasubramanian, D
A1  - Byass, P
A1  - Kimani-Murage, E
A1  - Macnab, A
A1  - Pauw, C
A1  - Singhal, A
A1  - Yajnik, C
A1  - Akazili, J
A1  - Levitt, N
A1  - Maatoug, J
A1  - Mkhwanazi, N
A1  - Moore, SE
A1  - Nyirenda, M
A1  - Pulliam, JRC
A1  - Rochat, T
A1  - Said-Mohamed, R
A1  - Seedat, S
A1  - Sobngwi, E
A1  - Tomlinson, M
A1  - Toska, E
A1  - van Schalkwyk, C
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985
SN  - 1654-9880
IS  - 1
N1  - © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 10
KW  - Science & Technology
KW  -  Life Sciences & Biomedicine
KW  -  Public
KW  -  Environmental & Occupational Health
KW  -  Africa
KW  -  developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD)
KW  -  non-communicable disease
KW  -  life course epidemiology
KW  -  policy
KW  -  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
KW  -  WEIGHT-GAIN
KW  -  EARLY-LIFE
KW  -  COUNTRIES
KW  -  INCOME
N2  - Data from many high- and low- or middle-income countries have linked exposures during key developmental periods (in particular pregnancy and infancy) to later health and disease. Africa faces substantial challenges with persisting infectious disease and now burgeoning non-communicable disease.This paper opens the debate to the value of strengthening the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) research focus in Africa to tackle critical public health challenges across the life-course. We argue that the application of DOHaD science in Africa to advance life-course prevention programmes can aid the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and assist in improving health across generations. To increase DOHaD research and its application in Africa, we need to mobilise multisectoral partners, utilise existing data and expertise on the continent, and foster a new generation of young African scientists engrossed in DOHaD.
ID  - discovery1571823
PB  - TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
TI  - Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations
AV  - public
Y1  - 2017/07/18/
EP  - 4
ER  -