The AIDS Support Organization Canadian Cohort (TASO-CAN)
The TASO-CAN cohort is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Ottawa and University of British Columbia in Canada and TASO in Uganda. The study follows over 22,000 patients aged 14 and above who initiated combination anti-retroviral therapy (cART) at a TASO clinic in Uganda between 2000 and 2009. The median age amongst patients was 37 years, with 69.4% of patients being female. Data from de-identified electronic clinical administrative records were obtained following treatment at one of the 11 regional TASO centres, or one of the 35 mini-TASO centres across Uganda.
Study design
Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
22,315 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 14 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The cohort is nationally representative of individuals initiating cART in Uganda.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2000
Primary Institutions
The AIDS Support Organization (Ekibiina ky’Abantu Abalina Obulwadde bwa Mukenenya, TACO)
University of British Columbia (UBC)
University of Ottawa (Université d’Ottawa)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, IRSC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
