4.7 Workshop/side session: Population-based cohorts as national research infrastructures, experience from the African Population Cohorts Consortium (APCC)

Chairs: Kobus Herbst and Evelyn Gitau

Presentations:

**SAPRIN in the context of South Africa’s Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR)
**Glaudina Loots, Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa

SAPRIN: The challenge and outcome of developing a strategy for a national research infrastructure responsive to national priorities
Andre Rose, South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN), South Africa

An Overview of the Ethiopian Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) - history and impact
Tesfahun Melese, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI): A perspective on the tripartite MOU in Ethiopia
Shimelash Bitew, Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia

Addressing Population Health Inequities Through Multicohort Research in Africa
Evelyn Gitau, Science for Africa Foundation, Kenya