The Peruvian Andes Multigenerational High Altitude Cohort (ALTO) is a birth cohort providing an opportunity for a longitudinal follow-up of children that will address child health from pregnancy to later life. It offers an ideal study setting to elucidate early life exposures and epigenetics on the…

By the end of the 20th century Peru entered in to an epidemic transition with mortality rates of infectious and maternal diseases declining and NCD’s emerging, changing national public health profile and actions significantly. NCD’s account for the majority of deaths in contemporary Peru. National…