Migration and the epidemiological transition: insights from the Agincourt sub-district of northeast South Africa

Background: Migration and urbanization are central to sustainable development and health, but data on temporal trends in defined populations are scarce. Healthy men and women migrate because opportunities for employment and betterment are not equally distributed geographically. The disruption can re...

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Main Authors: Mark A. Collinson, Michael J. White, Philippe Bocquier, Stephen T. McGarvey, Sulaimon A. Afolabi, Samuel J. Clark, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen M. Tollman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-05-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/23514/pdf_1