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Africa Wits-INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Studies (AWI-Gen)

AWI-GenActiveGhana, Burkina Faso, Kenya and South Africa · Multi-countryEstablished 2012Multi-site
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12,477
Cohort size
2012
Year started
Mixed
Setting
40–60 (baseline)
Age group
All
Sex
Multi-site
Cohort type

About this cohort

Africa Wits-INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Studies (AWI-Gen) is a multi-site cohort across Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, South Africa, established in 2012. It covers approximately 12,477 participants in a mixed setting, spanning 40–60 (baseline) (all). Led by University of the Witwatersrand (Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience) and partners, its research focuses on genomics, cardiometabolic disease, ncds.

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Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

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Genomics
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Cardiometabolic Disease
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NCDs

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 12,477 participants in a mixed setting in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya and South Africa, spanning 40–60 (baseline) (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

2012
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
Multi-site
Cohort size
12,477Participants / residents
Population focus
40–60 (baseline) · All
Geographic coverage
Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya and South AfricaMulti-country
Year started
2012Ongoing
Coordinates
-26.2041, 28.0473Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

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

University of the Witwatersrand (Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience)
H3Africa Consortium
INDEPTH network
APHRC
Navrongo HRC
Nanoro CRUN
MRC/Wits Agincourt
DIMAMO
SAMRC/Wits DPHRU

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
Request
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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
University of the Witwatersrand (Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience)
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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.