Short description: The Developments in Health Sciences (DHS) is an Open Access peer-reviewed journal for original research papers, review articles, short communications, rapid preliminary notes, case studies and other sections (book reviews, calendar of events, conference reports and product news) on all aspects of health sciences and related fields in medical sciences and health care; such as nutrition, nursing, physiotherapy, obstetrics, public health, optometry etc. (For manuscripts accepted for publication in 2019, Article Processing Charge (APC) will not be issued).