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Fourth Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
16 - 22 November 2024
The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Mauritius


  • Dr Kobus Herbst - Participant

    Multimorbidity in Africa: Digital innovation, visualisation and application (Co-PI)

    Kobus Herbst is the Director of the DSI-funded South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN). SAPRIN is hosted by the South African Medical Research Council and funds the population and health surveillance at seven nodes (Agincourt, Mpumalanga; DIMAMO Limpopo, AHRI rural KZN, GRT-INSPIRED Gauteng, C-SHARP WC, USINGA urban KZN, BAMMISHO peri-urban North West). He is a faculty member and the Director Population Science at the Africa Health Research Institute. He chairs the interim Steering Committee of the Africa Population Cohort Consortium. He is a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the International Health Cohort Consortium (IHCC). Kobus graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Pretoria in 1979, did a masters in Bioengineering at the University of Cape Town and registered as a public health physician in 1994 following a registrarship at MEDUNSA.