OBJECTIVE To derive regional weight-for-age growth references to help optimize age-based dosing of antimalarials in Africa, the Americas, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific. METHODS A weight-for-age database was constructed from pre-existing population-based anthropometric data obtained from household surveys and research groups. It contained data collected between 1995 and 2012 on 1,263...

BACKGROUND Ischemic heart disease (IHD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. The Global Burden of Diseases, Risk Factors and Injuries 2010 Study estimated global and regional IHD mortality from 1980 to 2010. METHODS AND RESULTS Sources for IHD mortality estimates were country-level surveillance, verbal autopsy, and vital registration data. Regional income, metabolic and nutritional risk f...

http://jpis.org This August I had the opportunity to discuss scientific publication policy with my colleagues in the Asia Pacific region and World Health Organization (WHO) at the annual convention of the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Journal Editors (APAME) held in Bangkok, Thailand. APAME is an Asia Pacific-centered nongovernmental, nonpartisan and nonprofit organization under a mission...

This paper reveals a study on air pollution process over North China, applying remote sensing technology, using satellite observation and in situ measurements during the twenty-first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, which was held in Beijing between 6 and 12 November when the clear weather was called “APEC-Blue”. In the meantime, pollutants concentrations including PM2.5 and PM...

On the base of advantages in gene geography and anthropophenetics the phenogeographical method for anthropological research is initiated and experienced using dental data. Statistical and cartographical analyses are provided for 498 living Eurasian populations. Mapping principal components supplied evidence for the phene pool structure in Eurasian populations and for reconstructions of our spec...

BACKGROUND There is a high and rising rate of immune-mediated diseases in the Western world. Immigrants from South Asia have been reported to be at higher risk upon arrival to the West. We determined the risk of immune-mediated diseases in South Asian and other immigrants to Ontario, Canada, and their Ontario-born children. METHODS Population-based cohorts of patients with asthma, type 1 diab...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer seen in females throughout the world (DeSantis et al., 2014). The epidemiologic profiles of breast cancer in Asian countries differ from Western countries. (Agarwal et al., 2007; Toi et al., 2010). Age-standardized incidence rates of breast cancer are high in North America and western Europe, moderate in South America and eastern Europe, low in Asia (Shib...

South Asia (SA) is both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world. The countries in this region are undergoing epidemiological transition and are facing the double burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases. Heart failure (HF) is a major and increasing burden all over the world. In this review, we discuss the epidemiology of HF in SA today and its...

This volume offers an archaeology of Asia whose geographic coverage ranges from the equator to the upper latitudes, and from the South China Sea to the lakes of eastern Kazakhstan. For many readers picking up this book, their first question is likely, " Why Asia? " The answer is fourfold: Asia is vast; it is diverse; its history merits comparison with other regions of the world; and for the las...