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Generation Malawi

Generation MalawiActiveMalawiEstablished 2021Birth Cohort
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1,600
Cohort size
2021
Year started
Mixed
Setting
Pregnant women, families, children
Age group
All
Sex
Birth Cohort
Cohort type

About this cohort

Intergenerational cohort launched in 2021 to study mental and physical health of Malawian families. Recruits pregnant women and their families across the rural Chilumba site (within Karonga HDSS) and the urban Lilongwe Area 25 MEIRU site; ~1,500 families enrolled as of 2023. Combines biological, cognitive, and self-report measures with linkage to existing research data.

Cohort-provided summary · derived from APCC directory fields

Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

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Maternal & Child Health
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Mental Health
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Multi-disease

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 1,600 participants in a mixed setting in Malawi, spanning Pregnant women, families, children (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

2021
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
Birth Cohort
Cohort size
1,600Participants / residents
Population focus
Pregnant women, families, children · All
Geographic coverage
MalawiMixed
Year started
2021Ongoing
Coordinates
-9.9333, 33.9333Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

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

Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU)
University of Malawi
LSHTM
University of Edinburgh
University of Liverpool

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
Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU)
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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.