RODAM
Type 2 diabetes and obesity among sub-Saharan African native and migrant populations: dissection of environment and endogenous predisposition
| Coordinatore | Academisch Medisch Centrum bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam
Organization address
address: MEIBERGDREEF 9 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Netherlands [NL] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.rod-am.eu/ |
| Totale costo | 3˙846˙389 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙992˙200 € |
| Programma | FP7-HEALTH
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health |
| Code Call | FP7-HEALTH-2011-two-stage |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP-SICA |
| Anno di inizio | 2012 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2012-01-01 - 2015-09-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Academisch Medisch Centrum bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam
Organization address
address: MEIBERGDREEF 9 contact info |
NL (AMSTERDAM) | coordinator | 796˙318.44 |
| 2 |
CHARITE - UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN
Organization address
address: Chariteplatz 1 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | participant | 675˙680.00 |
| 3 |
Source Bioscience plc
Organization address
address: "ORCHARD PLACE, BUSINESS PARK 1" contact info |
UK (NOTTINGHAM) | participant | 454˙560.00 |
| 4 |
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE
Organization address
address: KEPPEL STREET contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 438˙560.00 |
| 5 |
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Organization address
address: "Private Mail Bag, University Post Office" contact info |
GH (Kumasi) | participant | 280˙480.00 |
| 6 |
DEUTSCHES INSTITUT FUER ERNAEHRUNGSFORSCHUNG POTSDAM REHBRUECKE
Organization address
address: Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116 contact info |
DE (NUTHETAL) | participant | 168˙040.00 |
| 7 |
UNIVERSITY OF GHANA
Organization address
address: "Mile 11, Dodowa Road" contact info |
GH (LEGON-ACCRA) | participant | 160˙200.00 |
| 8 |
FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DU DIABETE
Organization address
address: CHAUSSEE DE LA HULPE 166 contact info |
BE (BRUXELLES) | participant | 18˙361.55 |
| 9 |
IMAGENES GMBH
Organization address
address: ROBERT ROESSLE STRASSE 10 contact info |
DE (BERLIN) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Migration from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to Europe is increasing. The limited evidence suggests that the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity among SSA migrants is higher than among their SSA peers living in Africa and European host populations. The reasons for these observations are only poorly understood, but may involve migration-related changes in lifestyle, genetic predisposition as well as pe¬culiarities in perceptions and practises. Contrasting the increasing number of African migrants in Europe, the health status and needs of these populations remain largely unexamined, and have only insufficiently been integrated into national plans, policies and strategies. Implementation of tailored intervention programmes among migrants implic¬itly requires the identification and the disentanglement of environmental, lifestyle and genetic factors modifying T2D and obesity risk.
The RODAM project addresses these fundamental health issues among a homogeneous, and one of the largest SSA migrant groups in Europe (i.e. Ghanaians). RODAM thus aims to contribute to the understanding of the complex interplay between environment, lifestyle, (epi)genetic as well as social factors in T2D and obesity among SSA immigrants, and to identify specific risk factors to guide intervention and prevention and to provide a basis for improving diagnosis and treatment.
In a multi-centre study, 6,250 Ghanaians aged >25 years will be re¬cruited in rural and urban Ghana, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. The differences in prevalence rates within Ghana on the one hand, and three European countries on the other, will allow us to unravel environmental, lifestyle and (epi)genetic as well as social factors in relation to T2D and obesity.
The proposed study will generate relevant results that will ultimately guide intervention programmes and will provide a basis for improving diagnosis and treatment among SSA migrants in Europe as well as in their counterparts in Africa and beyond.'