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Linda Richter
Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand
Publications - 364
Citations - 23729
Linda Richter is an academic researcher from University of the Witwatersrand. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 325 publications receiving 20160 citations. Previous affiliations of Linda Richter include The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria & Emory University.
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Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital.
Cesar G. Victora,Linda S. Adair,Caroline H.D. Fall,Pedro C. Hallal,Reynaldo Martorell,Linda Richter,Harshpal Singh Sachdev +6 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that damage suffered in early life leads to permanent impairment, and might also affect future generations, as undernutrition is associated with lower human capital and its prevention will probably bring about important health, educational, and economic benefits.
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Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries
Sally Grantham-McGregor,Yin Bun Cheung,Santiago Cueto,Paul Glewwe,Linda Richter,Barbara J. Strupp +5 more
TL;DR: Two factors with available worldwide data—the prevalence of early childhood stunting and the number of people living in absolute poverty—are identified as indicators of poor development and show that both indicators are closely associated with poor cognitive and educational performance in children.
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Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?
Nigel Rollins,Nita Bhandari,Nemat Hajeebhoy,Susan Horton,Chessa K. Lutter,Jose Martines,Ellen Piwoz,Linda Richter,Cesar G. Victora +8 more
TL;DR: The marketing of breastmilk substitutes negatively affects breastfeeding: global sales in 2014 of US$44·8 billion show the industry's large, competitive claim on infant feeding as discussed by the authors.
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Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development
Susan P. Walker,Theodore D. Wachs,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Maureen M. Black,Charles A. Nelson,Sandra L. Huffman,Helen Baker-Henningham,Susan M. Chang,Jena D. Hamadani,Betsy Lozoff,Julie Meeks Gardner,Christine Powell,Atif Rahman,Linda Richter +13 more
TL;DR: The goal is to provide information to help the setting of priorities for early child development programmes and policies to benefit the world's poorest children and reduce persistent inequalities.
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Behavioural strategies to reduce HIV transmission: how to make them work better
TL;DR: This paper makes five key points that the aggregate effect of radical and sustained behavioural changes in a sufficient number of individuals potentially at risk is needed for successful reductions in HIV transmission.