# A call-to-action: integrate a learning health system framework into longitudinal population studies to improve health response in Africa

## TL;DR

This paper urges integrating a learning health system into population studies in Africa to improve health outcomes and decision-making.

## Contribution

The novel contribution is advocating for a transformative framework to enhance health responses through evidence-based interventions in African communities.

## Key findings

- LPSs can become engines of change by adopting a learning health system framework.
- Collaboration among stakeholders can drive evidence-based interventions and health equity.
- Integrating LHS into LPSs can foster long-term public health solutions.

## Abstract

Longitudinal population studies (LPSs) in Africa have the potential to become powerful engines of change by adopting a learning health system (LHS) framework. This is a call-to-action opinion and highlights the importance of integrating an LHS approach into LPSs, emphasizing their transformative potential to improve population health response, drive evidence-based decision making, and enhance community well-being. Operators of LPS platforms, community members, government officials, and funding agencies have a role to contribute to this transformative journey of driving evidence-based interventions, promoting health equity, and fostering long-term public health solutions for African communities.