The General Population Cohort in Rural South Western Uganda: A Platform for Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Studies

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dc.contributor.authorAsiki, Gershim
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Georgina
dc.contributor.authorMiiro, Jessica Nakiyingi
dc.contributor.authorSeeley, Janet
dc.contributor.authorNsubuga, Rebecca N.
dc.contributor.authorKarabarinde, Alex
dc.contributor.authorWaswa, Laban
dc.contributor.authorBiraro, Sam
dc.contributor.authorKasamba, Ivan
dc.contributor.authorPomilla, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorMaher, Dermot
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Elizabeth H
dc.contributor.authorKamali, Anatoli
dc.contributor.authorSandhu, Manjinder S
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-06T15:05:27Z
dc.date.available2022-04-06T15:05:27Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe General Population Cohort (GPC) was set up in 1989 to examine trends in HIV prevalence and incidence, and their determinants in rural south-western Uganda. Recently, the research questions have included the epidemiology and genetics of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to address the limited data on the burden and risk factors for NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa. The cohort comprises all residents (52% aged ≥13years, men and women in equal proportions) within one-half of a rural sub-county, residing in scattered houses, and largely farmers of three major ethnic groups. Data collected through annual surveys include; mapping for spatial analysis and participant location; census for individual socio-demographic and household socioeconomic status assessment; and a medical survey for health, lifestyle and biophysical and blood measurements to ascertain disease outcomes and risk factors for selected participants. This cohort offers a rich platform to investigate the interplay between communicable diseases and NCDs. There is robust infrastructure for data management, sample processing and storage, and diverse expertise in epidemiology, social and basic sciences. For any data access enquiries you may contact the director, MRC/UVRI, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS by email to mrc@mrcuganda.org or the corresponding author.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAsiki, G., Murphy, G., Nakiyingi-Miiro, J., Seeley, J., Nsubuga, R. N., Karabarinde, A., ... & Sandhu, M. S. (2013). The general population cohort in rural south-western Uganda: a platform for communicable and non-communicable disease studies. International journal of epidemiology, 42(1), 129-141.https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys234en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/2893
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational journal of epidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectData resource profile, general population cohort, communicable and non-communicable diseases, Ugandaen_US
dc.titleThe General Population Cohort in Rural South Western Uganda: A Platform for Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Studiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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