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

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Published in Glob Health Action on January 01, 2017

Authors

Shane A Norris¹, Abdallah Daar²^,3, Dorairajan Balasubramanian²^,4, Peter Byass²^,5, Elizabeth Kimani-Murage²^,6, Andrew Macnab²^,7, Christoff Pauw², Atul Singhal²^,8, Chittaranjan Yajnik²^,9, James Akazili¹⁰, Naomi Levitt¹¹, Jihene Maatoug¹², Nolwazi Mkhwanazi¹³, Sophie E Moore¹⁴, Moffat Nyirenda¹⁵, Juliet R C Pulliam¹⁶, Tamsen Rochat¹⁷^,18, Rihlat Said-Mohamed¹⁷, Soraya Seedat¹⁹, Eugene Sobngwi²⁰, Mark Tomlinson²¹^,22, Elona Toska²³, C van Schalkwyk²⁴

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit and.
2: a Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) , Wallenberg Research Centre at Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa.
3: c Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Surgery , University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada.
4: d L V Prasad Eye Institute , Hyderabad , India.
5: e Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine , Umeå University , Umea , Sweden.
6: f African Population and Health Research Center , Kenya.
7: g Department of Pediatrics , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada.
8: h Institute of Child Health , University College London , London , UK.
9: i King Edward Memorial Hospital Research Centre , Pune , India.
10: j INDEPTH Network , Ghana.
11: k Department of Diabetic Medicine and Endocrinology , University of Cape Town , Cape Town , South Africa.
12: l Department of Epidemiology , Hospital Farhat Hached, Sousse , Tunisia.
13: m Department of Anthropology , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa.
14: n Division of Women's Health , King's College London , London , UK.
15: o College of Medicine , University of Malawi , Zomba , Malawi.
16: p DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA) , University of Stellenbosch , Stellenbosch , South Africa.
17: b MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa.
18: q Human and Social Development Research Programme , Human Sciences Research Council , Durban , South Africa.
19: r Department of Psychiatry , Stellenbosch University , Stellenbosch , South Africa.
20: Department of Internal Medicine and Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.
21: NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development, DVC Research Office, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
22: Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
23: u Department of Social Policy and Intervention , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
24: The South African Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.