Life course epidemiology seeks to understand how determinants of health and disease interact
across the span of a human life, and has made significant contributions to understanding …

Armed conflict disproportionately affects the morbidity, mortality, and wellbeing of women,
newborns, children, and adolescents. Our study presents insights from a collection of ten …

The Pakistan Lady Health Worker (LHW) program provides door-step reproductive health
services in a context where patriarchal norms of seclusion constrain women's access to health …

Background: Many people with depression experience repeated episodes. Previous research
into the predictors of chronic depression has focused primarily on the clinical features of …

Objective This study sought to identify factors protective against the onset or recurrence of
depression in early adulthood, and to describe their interactions with stressors during this …

Pakistan, with a population of over 207 million, is the sixth most populous country in the
world. Yet, only 25% of eligible couples' report using a modern contraceptive method. A large …

Background Chronic undernutrition in children continues to be a global public health concern.
Ethiopia has documented a significant decline in the prevalence of childhood stunting, a …

Introduction: Established in 1994, Pakistan’s polio program demonstrated early success.
However, despite over 120 supplementary immunization activities in the last decade, polio …

Objective: To investigate evidence of fetal programming in humans by studying whether
adolescents born at high or low birth weights (LBW) are more likely to experience symptoms of …

… Anushka Ataullahjan and colleagues describe the myriad stressors related to conflict and
displacement experienced by children and how best to reduce their negative effect Anushka …