AL-SEHA: A Longitudinal Study of Egyptian Healthy Aging

About

AL-SEHA is a longitudinal study of healthy aging in Egypt. The study design includes nationally representative 20,000 participants over 50 years old from different Egyptian governorates. The subjects are exposed to comprehensive HRS survey. The study has been funded for two waves (each 2 years) additionally, a sub set of the study population will be assessed cognitively through the HCAP protocol.

Cohort website

Key facts

Membership category

Full Member

Cohort type

Longitudinal Population Study

Countries

Egypt

District / location

National

Lead institution(s)

The American University in Cairo

Cohort size

20,000

Year started

2024

Setting

Mixed

Age group

50–199 years

Population coverage

To be confirmed

Study population

This cohort follows a population of approximately 20000 participants in mixed settings across Egypt, covering 50–199 years. Detailed population coverage is to be confirmed with the custodian.

Research domains & themes

Aging, Dementia

Institutions & funders

Lead institution(s): The American University in Cairo

Maintenance: U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Hosted studies: Other

Data access & sharing

Data-sharing information to be confirmed with the cohort custodian.

Cohort contact: available through the APCC Secretariat.

Location

Nested / related cohorts

No nested-cohort relationships recorded.

Custodian validation & information gaps

Custodian validation status: requires custodian validation

The following fields are to be confirmed by the cohort custodian:

• Data-sharing policy URL

Summary provenance: Deterministic summary generated strictly from DuckDB-derived fields: cohort name, cohort type, countries, cohort size, setting, age group. No external facts were added; missing fields are shown as "To be confirmed".