Executive summary 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global community was
awakened to the fragility of human health and the interdependence of the ecosystem …

Executive summary Girls' and women's health is in transition and, although some aspects of
it have improved substantially in the past few decades, there are still important unmet needs …

Background In low-and middle-income countries, the distribution of childhood nutritional
diseases is shifting from a predominance of undernutrition to a dual burden of under-and …

Malnutrition is a considerable contributor to child mortality and morbidity. Child malnutrition
further affects the country's economic development. Child malnutrition in South Africa is …

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 …

Undernutrition is one of the most important public health problems, affecting more than 900
million individuals around the World. It is responsible for the highest mortality rate in children …

Background Stunting and overweight are nutritional problems affecting most of sub-Saharan
Africa. The region now has the world's highest rate of stunting among children (43%), while …

Latar belakang: Usia di bawah lima tahun merupakan periode emas. Stunting pada anak
usia dibawah lima tahun masih kurang disadari karena perbedaan anak yang stunting …

Background Pregnant women may be co-exposed to multiple insecticides in regions where
both pyrethroids and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) are used for indoor residual …

Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of cardiovascular risk
factors, which is rising in the low and middle income countries (LMICs). There are various …