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Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization Population Health Surveillance (APHS)

APHSActiveUgandaEstablished 2018HDSS
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10,095
Cohort size
2018
Year started
Mixed
Setting
13–80
Age group
All
Sex
HDSS
Cohort type

About this cohort

Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization Population Health Surveillance (APHS) is a hdss cohort in Uganda, established in 2018. It covers approximately 10,095 participants in a mixed setting, spanning 13–80 (all). Led by Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO), its research focuses on ncds, mental health, gbv, multi-disease.

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Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

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NCDs
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Mental Health
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GBV
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Multi-disease

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 10,095 participants in a mixed setting in Uganda, spanning 13–80 (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

2018
Cohort established
Start of data collection as recorded in the APCC directory.
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Further milestones
To be confirmed Additional events pending custodian input.

Key characteristics

Core descriptive metadata.

Study design / type
HDSS
Cohort size
10,095Participants / residents
Population focus
13–80 · All
Geographic coverage
UgandaMixed
Year started
2018Ongoing
Coordinates
0.4045, 32.4594Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

Lead institution(s); partners and governance to be confirmed.

Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO)

Partner institutions & governance arrangements — To be confirmed

Nested studies & sub-cohorts

Studies built on this cohort platform.

Nested studies / sub-cohorts — To be confirmed.

FAIR readiness

Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable assessment.

F · TBCA · TBCI · TBCR · TBC
ⓘFAIR assessment pending — to be completed with the cohort custodian against the APCC metadata standard.

Investigators

Principal investigators and ORCID identifiers.

Information pending validation.

Publications & evidence

Outputs, policy briefs and research evidence.

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Publications, policy briefs and research outputs to be linked from Africahied. To be confirmed.

Data access & governance

How the data can be accessed and governed.

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Access procedure
Managed access via the cohort custodian
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Ethics & governance
To be confirmed

Collaboration opportunities

Partnerships and capacity strengthening.

Collaboration opportunities, capacity-strengthening and partnership details. To be confirmed.

Contact

How to reach the cohort team or request access.

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Lead institution
Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization (AMBSO)
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Contact
To be confirmed
Metadata source: APCC cohort directoryLast reviewed: 19 June 2026Some fields are placeholders pending custodian confirmation — verify independently.