Executive summary Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural
systems represent a growing threat to human health. And yet, global health has mainly …

Food insecurity is an intractable problem in South Africa. The country has a tradition of
evidence-based decision making, grounded in the findings of national surveys. However …

The Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS), located in rural
northeast South Africa close to the Mozambique border, was established in 1992 to support …

Millions of rural and urban dwellers across the world make use of a wide diversity of forest
products to fulfill several livelihood requirements, from direct household provisioning to cash …

Background Low-to middle-income countries are undergoing a health transition with non-
communicable diseases contributing substantially to disease burden, despite persistence of …

Emerging research within health geography and related fields is attending to the social
dimensions of human health. Notwithstanding these contributions, health geography has …

In many rural regions of developing countries, natural resource dependency means
changes in climate patterns hold tremendous potential to impact livelihoods. When …

As the world continues to face widespread food insecurity, achieving food security for all at
all times is increasingly complicated. In South Africa, social grants and the use of wild foods …

Mainstream research and the popular media often equate female-headship with household
vulnerability, crisis, and disorganization. Epidemic levels of HIV/AIDS in some parts of sub …

Background: This article is a review of the PhD thesis by Elizabeth Kimani-Murage that
explores the double burden of malnutrition in rural South Africa. This is in the context of a …