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Title: Harnessing data science to control non-communicable diseases in Africa: a systematic review and gap analysis.
Authors: Okekunle AP; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. akinokekunle@gmail.com.; Research Institute of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea. akinokekunle@gmail.com., Asowata OJ; Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria.; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, East Carolina University, North Carolina, USA., Fakunle AG; Department of Public Health, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria., Omoleye OJ; Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA., Olaiya MT; Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia., Kumuthini J; South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa., Morsy MI; School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK., Caiazzo E; School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.; Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy., Kinengyere AA; Sir Albert Cook Library, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda., Ajuwon G; E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria., Nsoesie EO; Department of Global Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA., Olowoyo P; Department of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria.; Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria., Kengne AP; South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa., Michael OS; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria., Sarfo FS; Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana., Odedina FT; Cancer Prevention, Survivorship and Care Delivery (CPSCD) Research Program, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.; Prostate Cancer Transatlantic Consortium (CaPTC), Jacksonville, Florida, USA., Fatumo S; Precision Healthcare Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 4NS, United Kingdom.; MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda., Adeoye AM; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria.; Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 200285, Ibadan, Nigeria.; Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria., Adebiyi AO; College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria.; Centre for Genomic and Precision Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria., Akinyemi RO; Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 200285, Ibadan, Nigeria.; Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit, Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria., Agyemang C; Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam University Medical Centres, University of Amsterdam, 1105AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands., Baichoo S; Department of Digital Technologies, FoICDT, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius., Ovbiagele B; Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA., Maffia P; School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.; Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.; Africa-Europe CoRE in Non-Communicable Diseases & Multimorbidity, African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) & The Guild of European Research-intensive Universities, Glasgow, UK., Olopade O; Centre for Innovation in Global Health, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.; Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA., Aribisala B; Department of Computer Science, Lagos State University, Ikeja, Nigeria., Akpa OM; Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, USA., Hamdi Y; Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis, El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia., Owolabi MO; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.; Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, 200285, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.; Centre for Genomic and Precision Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.; Blossom Specialist Medical Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
Source: Communications medicine [Commun Med (Lond)] 2026 Jul 16; Vol. 6 (1). Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jul 16.
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