ArticleJournal of global health2011
Systematic review of birth cohort studies in Africa.
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- Six decades of longitudinal health knowledge production: a systematic review on Nordic birth cohort studies.International journal of circumpolar health · 2023Pooled it
- Pregnancy cohorts and biobanking in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- Adolescent cohorts assessing growth, cardiovascular and cognitive outcomes in low and middle-income countries.PloS one · 2018Pooled it
- Longitudinal Intergenerational Birth Cohort Designs: A Systematic Review of Australian and New Zealand Studies.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
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- Development of a structured tracking system to improve retention in a birth cohort in rural Ecuador.Global health action · 2025Article
- Birth Cohort Studies are Necessary to Understand the Epidemiology and Nature of Non-Communicable Diseases in Africa.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
- Building research capacity for sickle cell disease in Africa: Lessons and challenges from establishing a birth cohort in Tanzania.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Birth cohort studies using symptom diaries for assessing respiratory diseases-a scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- Intrauterine Exposures and Maternal Health Status during Pregnancy in Relation to Later Child Health: A Review of Pregnancy Cohort Studies in Europe.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Second generation of the 1993 birth cohort, Pelotas (Brazil): Aims, design, preliminary results.Health science reports · 2020Article
- The contribution of qualitative research within the PRECISE study in sub-Saharan Africa.Reproductive health · 2020Article
- Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of large cohort studies.Journal of global health · 2019Article
- Subclinical Enteric Parasitic Infections and Growth Faltering in Infants in São Tomé, Africa: A Birth Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Biospecimens and Biobanking in Global Health.Clinics in laboratory medicine · 2018Review
- The Mother-Infant Study Cohort (MISC): Methodology, challenges, and baseline characteristics.PloS one · 2018Article
- Endocrine Disruptors and Health Effects in Africa: A Call for Action.Environmental health perspectives · 2017Article
- Impact of helminth infection during pregnancy on cognitive and motor functions of one-year-old children.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Article
- Estimating the burden of neural tube defects in low- and middle-income countries.Journal of global health · 2014Article
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Abstract
aimIn sub-Saharan Africa, unacceptably high rates of mortality amongst women and children continue to persist. The emergence of research employing new genomic technologies is advancing knowledge on cause of disease. This review aims to identify birth cohort studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa and to consider their suitability as a platform to support genetic epidemiological studies.
methodsA systematic literature review was conducted to identify birth cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa across the following databases: MEDLINE, EMBASE, AFRO and OpenSIGLE. A total of 8110 papers were retrieved. Application of inclusion/exclusion criteria retained only 189 papers, of which 71 met minimum quality criteria and were retained for full text analysis.
resultsThe search revealed 28 birth cohorts: 14 of which collected biological data, 10 collected blood samples and only one study collected DNA for storage. These studies face many methodological challenges: notably, high rates of attrition and lack of funding for several rounds of study follow up. Population-based 'biobanks' have emerged as a major approach to harness genomic technologies in health research and yet the sub-Saharan African region still awaits large scale birth cohort biobanks collecting DNA and associated health and lifestyle data.
conclusionInvestment in this field, together with related endeavours to foster and develop research capacity for these studies, may lead to an improved understanding of the determinants of intrauterine growth and development, birth outcomes such as prematurity and low birth weight, the links between maternal and infant health, survival of infectious diseases in the first years of life, and response to vaccines and antibiotic treatment.
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