Full-day workshop on Sunday 20 October Report by Shane Norris, Director of the MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development (both in South Africa) and principal investigator of the HeLTI SA project He is also president of DOHaD Africa and was co-convenor of this workshopThis workshop provided a forum for expert presentations and discussions of the importance and challenges of developing and implementing complex DOHaD interventions. The need for better evidence was a key theme that emerged through the day – so there...

Developmental origins of health and disease in Africa—influencing early life: Article in The Lancet Justine Ina Davies, Andrew John Macnab, Peter Byass, Shane A Norris, Moffat Nyirenda, Atul Singhal, et al. It is well established that Africa is undergoing rapid transitions resulting in a triple burden of malnutrition, infectious diseases, and non-communicable diseases (NCDs).1, 2 That health systems are unlikely to be able to cope with this burden is also widely noted.1, 2 What is less often discussed outside academic circles is the degree to which infectious diseases...