Norris, SA;
Daar, A;
Balasubramanian, D;
Byass, P;
Kimani-Murage, E;
Macnab, A;
Pauw, C;
... van Schalkwyk, C; + view all
(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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Understanding and acting on the developmental origins of health and disease in Africa would improve health across generations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1334985 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 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. |
| 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 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571823 |
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