Singapore's obesity prevalence among adult Singapore residents aged 18–69 increased from 6.9% (2004) to 10.8% (2010).
Ever since Richards proposed his flexible growth function more than half a century ago, it has been a mystery that this empirical function has made many incredible coincidences with real ecological or epidemic data even though one of its parameter
Concern over future food security in southern Africa has led to various studies that assess the
impact of climate change on crops in the region. The results vary according to applied methods and
Victims of sexual abuse make up a big part of the southern Africa population. One in every three has suffered sexual abuse by the age of 18 years; a very large proportion of the population is thus choice-disabled.
Background: Malaria is rampant in Africa and causes untold mortality and morbidity. Vector-borne diseases are climate sensitive and this has raised considerable concern over the implications of climate change on future disease risk.
The paper highlights innovative ways of identifying and implementing pro-poor products and services and how to create business models for the ongoing sustainability of ICTs in low-income communities.
Multiple sexual partnerships are a driver of the HIV epidemic in southern Africa. Five linked cluster surveys in
2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 allowed us to measure changes in rates of multiple partnerships in these clusters
Inter-generational sex is an important driver of the AIDS epidemic in Southern
Africa, contributing to the high incidence of HIV among young women. We
conducted 12 focus group discussions with women aged 15–24 years and 11 with
Background: HIV testing with counseling is an integral component of most national HIV and AIDS prevention
strategies in southern Africa. Equity in testing implies that people at higher risk for HIV such as women; those who
In the previous report in this series, Web browser loading times were measured in 12 Asian countries, and were found to be up to four times slower than commonly prescribed as acceptable. Failure of webpages to load at all was frequent.