"We enrolled pregnant women, moms in these peri urban poor areas."

"Conventional practice was that TB was difficult to confirm in children."

"There was a misconception that asthma is rare in African children."

"The study showed that it's common, with prevalence rates that are often higher than global rates."

"The study will hopefully provide valuable information to identify new interventions for improving child health."

"Translational research is the bridge between clinical and basic science research."

"The implementation of findings into practice and public health including policy and guidelines."

"Despite children being a third of the population, child health is ­relatively underfunded and under­resourced."

"Child health has been worsening over the past 20 years in South Africa."

"The big question in the project is, what makes for a healthy child?"