International Workshop on "Feasibility of NCD cohort studies" at BIPS

From 20.3. to 24.3. guests from Sub-Saharan African countries visited the BIPS to discuss the feasibility of cohort studies on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

[Translate to Englisch:] Eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftler:innen aus SSA vor dem BIPS.

The participants of the workshop.

Non-communicable diseases contribute substantially to the disease burden globally, and increasingly so in many African countries, in addition to the ongoing burden due to infectious diseases including the recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The share of NCD has been rising continuously over recent decades, with NCD now taking a leading position in many SSA countries´ mortality and morbidity burden as demographic and lifestyle change progresses.

A joint research initiative tries to counter this trend. It builds on existing interinstitutional collaborations between the BIPS and African University.

The objective of the current initiation project is to
•   strengthen the early collaboration established between the BIPS and partner institutions
•   identify current challenges in NCD research in the participating countries
•   establish further collaborations