4.7 Workshop/side session: Population-based cohorts as national research infrastructures, experience from the African Population Cohorts Consortium (APCC)

Session detail

Organiser: Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)

SAPRIN in the context of South Africa’s Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR)

Speakers:
  • Glaudina Loots, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa

SAPRIN: The challenge and outcome of developing a strategy for a national research infrastructure responsive to national priorities

Speakers:
  • Andre Rose, South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN), South Africa

An Overview of the Ethiopian Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) - history and impact

Speakers:
  • Tesfahun Melese, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI): A perspective on the tripartite MOU in Ethiopia

Speakers:
  • Shimelash Bitew, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Addressing Population Health Inequities Through Multicohort Research in Africa

Speakers:
  • Evelyn Gitau, Science for Africa Foundation, Kenya