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Kenya gets $25m grant to study ageing, its health systems

Kenya is launching its first large-scale ageing study to prepare for a rapidly growing older population and rising health and economic challenges.

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By  Pauline Kairu

Contributor based in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

Kenya will conduct a study of its ageing population after getting a $25 million grant from the US National Institutes of Health.

The longitudinal study of health and ageing in Kenya (Loshak) will be spearheaded by the Department of Population Health at Aga Khan University in partnership with the University of Michigan.

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