Project
The role of children’s early development in lifelong health and human capital
The importance of early childhood development (ECD) for both individual and societal economic and humanitarian growth is increasingly appreciated and efforts by governments and multilateral agencies to improve human development are taking shape, including in low- and middle-income countries.
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Pinpointing the association of obesity with the risk of cancer and mortality
The connection of obesity with major chronic diseases and causes of death is well-known, but knowledge is scarce for rarer diseases, and for other obesity-related markers than a single measure of body mass index (BMI, kg/m2).
Project
Advancing Gender Equality in Africa and Globally: Strengthening Health and Economic Outcomes by Learning What Works at Scale
Around the world, gender inequality continues to shape individual opportunities, families, and societies.
Publication
Psychological morbidity and parenting stress in mothers of primary school children by timing of acquisition of HIV infection: A longitudinal cohort study in rural South Africa
Rochat, T. J., B. Houle, A. Stein, R. M. Pearson, M. L. Newell, and R. M. Bland. 2018. Psychological morbidity and parenting stress in mothe...