This blog post was written by Nathaly Aya Pastrana, Maria Kathia Cárdenas, María Amalia Pesantes, L. Suzanne Suggs, Silvana Pérez León, for the COHESION Project The global burden of both ...
This blog post was written by Michèle Ramsay, Clement Adebomowo and Nicola Mulder The Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Consortium developed as a partnership among the African Society of ...
The Middle East, North Africa and Europe currently host millions of Syrian refugees who have fled violence and destruction. Many have lost their loved ones, homes and belongings and their ...
This blog post was written by Dr. Kelly Thompson (kelly.thompson@womeningh.org), Dr. Roopa Dhatt (roopa.dhatt@womeningh.org) and Mehr Manzoor (research@womeningh.org). Despite women making up the vast majority of those working in the ...
Cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) are a growing public health concern in Africa. Diabetes prevalence has more than doubled since 1980 on the continent and is projected to double again by 2025. ...
This blog post was written by Christentze Schmiegelow1, Daniel Minja2, John Lusingu2, Ib Bygbjerg3 Approximately three quarters of individuals with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) live in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) (1). ...
Nutrigenomics is a branch of nutritional science that explores the effects of nutrients on gene function, as well as the effects of genetic variation on nutrient response. The latter, sometimes ...
Women in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) face significant risks when they become pregnant. In addition to the risk of obstetric complications confronted by all women during pregnancy, women in SSA are ...
Zoonotic diseases are those which can infect both humans and animals. Not only do these diseases impose a large burden on human health, but because livestock are often a major ...
The investigation of public Web searches allows us to expand the boundaries of public health research. We call this tool infodemiology. This portmanteau of informatics and epidemiology can be defined ...