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Uniting Africa’s longitudinal cohorts

The continent has many ongoing health studies across different countries, cultures and methodologies – this initiative aims to bring them together.
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  1. Anna McKie

    1. Anna McKie is a freelance journalist based in London.

In March 2020, just before borders closed and labs were shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic, around 100 scientists gathered in Kampala to discuss forming a pan-African research consortium. Their idea: what if Africa’s many longitudinal population studies — some of which have been running for decades — could be brought together?

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Nature 646, S8-S10 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03096-3

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