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Population health
Scholarly Publications
The weaker sex? Vulnerable men and women's resilience to socio-economic disadvantage
September 2016
Sex differences in mortality vary over time and place as a function of social, health, and medical circumstances.
HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa
December 2012
Context The effect of global health initiatives on population health is uncertain.
HIV Development Assistance and Adult Mortality in Africa
December 2012
Context The effect of global health initiatives on population health is uncertain.
News
SHP-led study shows U.S. Feed the Future program reduces stunting of children in Africa
December 2019
The U.S.
“Doctor Pablo’s” Children in Crisis Initiative creates app to improve child health
June 2016
A Stanford team has created a “nutrition surveillance” app that can help boost nutrition for children in some of the world’s poorest and most remote regions.
Follow our blog as Paul Wise works in rural Guatemala with malnourished children
March 2016
Follow our blog as Paul Wise and Stanford researchers head to rural Guatemala to work with malnourished children.
Projects
Guatemala Rural Child Health and Nutrition Program
The primary goal of the Guatemala Rural Child Health and Nutrition Program is to use the capacities of Stanford University to save young children’s lives in Guatemala and other areas of the world...
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Health Implication of Urbanization, Migration and Obesity in India
January 2022
Urbanization and obesity-related chronic diseases are cited as threats to the future health of India's older citizens.
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