Welcome to the Website of the ARUA-GUILD Multimorbidity Cluster of Research Excellence (AMCORE)
In the setting where non-communicable diseases and chronic illness have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally, multimorbidity - simultaneous presence of multiple chronic illnesses in an individual - has emerged as one of the major public health concerns. In sub-Saharan Africa, there is limited information on the burden and clustering of multi-morbidity at the population level and context specific evidence to guide integrated prevention and management is scarce.
AMCORE is committed to addressing multimorbidity through multi-disciplinary approaches. AMCORE aims to apply digital technology and artificial intelligence to address gaps in quantification, clustering, trend prediction, and evaluation of interventions. AMCORE will also explore precision medicine approaches to address multimorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa.
AMCORE will focus on dedicated training of the next generation of practitioners and scientists, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to address the increasing multimorbidity burden. The cluster will leverage collaborative partnerships with governments, industry leaders, and partner institutions to optimize diagnostics and preventive approaches to address multimorbidity.
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Vision
Our vision is to co-create a cluster of excellence that becomes the leading group for collaborative research, training, and practice and the recognised expert hub for multi-morbidity prevention, management, and policy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Core Mandate
AMCORE aims to:
Promote high quality, graduate-level academic and professional training on multimorbidity and tools for promoting better detection and management at community level.
Conduct cutting-edge, translational, multi-disciplinary research that generates policy and practice-relevant, translatable public health data on multimorbidity.
Forge stronger research policy practice networks and partnership hubs to bolster capacity to halt and reverse the growing burden and trend of multimorbidity in Africa.
Assess risks through biological and environmental monitoring of large cohorts to develop model-prioritised risks.
Develop community-based hubs of care extending hospital care to communities by integrating evidence-based interventions facilitated through supervised community health workers. These hubs will be supported by biological and environmental monitoring as well as exposome studies to identify critical windows of intervention.
- Promote personalised and precision medicine as a next-step approach for prevention and therapeutics of multi-morbidity in SSA populations.