Alliance for Maternal and Newborn Health Improvement Biobanking Study (AMANHI Biobank)
The AMANHI Biobank cohort is a large cohort of pregnant women and their babies in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia aimed at studying the interactions between genes and a wide range of varying environmental exposures on key pregnancy and birth outcomes. Participants were recruited via home visits in each of the sites in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Tanzania. Between 2014 and 2018 over 10,000 women were recruited and consented to take part in the study. The mothers are no longer being followed up but their biosamples have been maintained. The children are being followed up in a separate study called All Children Thrive.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
10,001 (mothers)
9,938 (babies)
Age at first data collection
≥ 15 years (mothers)
Birth (babies)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
2014 - 2018 (babies)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2014
Primary Institutions
Aga Khan University (AKU) (Academic, Pakistan)
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (আন্তর্জাতিকউদরাময় গবেষণা কেন্দ্র, বাংলাদেশ, ICDDRB) (Research, Bangladesh)
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) (Academic, United States of America)
World Health Organisation (WHO) (Third Sector, Switzerland)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Third Sector, United States of America)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
