Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS)
The RCCS is an open, population-based cohort of over 12,000 residents of the Rakai region in Uganda. While the RCCS initially focused on adults residents aged between 15 and 49 years old, the scope was expanded to include older participants in 2021. Participants were recruited into the cohort through a household census conducted prior to each survey visit in 30 continuously surveyed agrarian, trading, and fishing communities in the region.
Study design
Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
12,840 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
15 - 49 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1994
Primary Institutions
Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Johns Hopkins University
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – unspecified
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
