U.S., Feb. 24 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07427355) titled 'African Studies on Aging and Noncommunicable Diseases Epidemiology' on Feb. 16.
Brief Summary: Despite the rising burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), across Africa, high-quality evidence on the distribution of NCDs and their risk factors remains strikingly scarce. Many global estimates continue to rely on limited empirical data from African countries, and this persistent data gap has led major international research collaborations to underrepresent the continent. This reality highlights an urgent need for granular, context-specific, and methodologically robust data on NCDs and their d...