Approaches to enable equitable psychiatric genetic research in Africa.
Journal: Communications medicine
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
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Affiliated Institutions:
Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda. allan.kalungi@mrcuganda.org.
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) Unit on Risk and Resilience in Mental Disorders, Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Neuropsychiatric Hospital Aro, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
Medical Research Council/ Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM) Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda. s.fatumo@qmul.ac.uk.
Abstract summary
African populations are currently underrepresented in global psychiatric genetics research. Here, we highlight the importance of conducting psychiatric genetics research in Africa, key issues which have hindered such research, and ongoing initiatives and strategies to overcome these issues.
Authors & Co-authors:
Kalungi Allan A
Stein Dan J DJ
Okewole Niran N
Fatumo Segun S
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GBD Mental Disorders Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of 12 mental disorders in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Psychiatry9, 137–150 (2022).
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216
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2730-664X
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Male,Female
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England