eprintid: 1571823
rev_number: 22
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datestamp: 2017-09-01 10:06:20
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creators_name: Norris, SA
creators_name: Daar, A
creators_name: Balasubramanian, D
creators_name: Byass, P
creators_name: Kimani-Murage, E
creators_name: Macnab, A
creators_name: Pauw, C
creators_name: Singhal, A
creators_name: Yajnik, C
creators_name: Akazili, J
creators_name: Levitt, N
creators_name: Maatoug, J
creators_name: Mkhwanazi, N
creators_name: Moore, SE
creators_name: Nyirenda, M
creators_name: Pulliam, JRC
creators_name: Rochat, T
creators_name: Said-Mohamed, R
creators_name: Seedat, S
creators_name: Sobngwi, E
creators_name: Tomlinson, M
creators_name: Toska, E
creators_name: van Schalkwyk, C
title: Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: D13
divisions: G25
keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Africa, developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), non-communicable disease, life course epidemiology, policy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), WEIGHT-GAIN, EARLY-LIFE, COUNTRIES, INCOME
note: © 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
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abstract: 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.
date: 2017-07-18
date_type: published
publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
official_url: http://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
article_type_text: Article
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elements_id: 1407189
doi: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985
lyricists_name: Singhal, Atul
lyricists_id: ASING75
actors_name: Bracey, Alan
actors_id: ABBRA90
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Global Health Action
volume: 10
number: 1
article_number: 1334985
pages: 4
issn: 1654-9880
citation:        Norris, SA;    Daar, A;    Balasubramanian, D;    Byass, P;    Kimani-Murage, E;    Macnab, A;    Pauw, C;                                                                 ... van Schalkwyk, C; + view all <#>        Norris, SA;  Daar, A;  Balasubramanian, D;  Byass, P;  Kimani-Murage, E;  Macnab, A;  Pauw, C;  Singhal, A;  Yajnik, C;  Akazili, J;  Levitt, N;  Maatoug, J;  Mkhwanazi, N;  Moore, SE;  Nyirenda, M;  Pulliam, JRC;  Rochat, T;  Said-Mohamed, R;  Seedat, S;  Sobngwi, E;  Tomlinson, M;  Toska, E;  van Schalkwyk, C;   - view fewer <#>    (2017)    Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations.                   Global Health Action , 10  (1)    , Article 1334985.  10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985 <https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985>.       Green open access   
 
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