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

• Main Authors: Mark A. Collinson (Author), Michael J. White (Author), Philippe Bocquier (Author), Stephen T. McGarvey (Author), Sulaimon A. Afolabi (Author), Samuel J. Clark (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Stephen M. Tollman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...