Harnessing Big Heterogeneous Data to Evaluate the Potential Impact of HIV Responses Among Key Populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for the Boloka Data Repository Initiative

Refilwe Nancy Phaswana Mafuya   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Edith Phalane   ¹ , PhD ;   Amrita Rao   ³ , PhD ;   Kalai Willis   ³ , MSPH ;   Katherine Rucinski   ³ , PhD ;   K Alida Voet   ³ , MSPH ;   Amal Abdulrahman   ³ , MSPH ;   Claris Siyamayambo   ¹ , PhD ;   Betty Sebati   ¹ , MSc ;   Mohlago Seloka   ¹ , MSc ;   Musa Jaiteh   ¹ , MSc ;   Lerato Lucia Olifant   ¹ , MSc ;   Katharine Journeay   ³ , PhD ;   Haley Sisel   ³ , PhD ;   Xiaoming Li   ⁴ , PhD ;   Bankole Olatosi   ⁴ , PhD ;   Neset Hikmet   ⁵ , PhD ;   Prashant Duhoon   ⁵ , MSc ;   Francois Wolmarans   ⁶ , BSc ;   Yegnanew A Shiferaw   ⁷ , PhD ;   Lifutso Motsieloa   ⁸ , MSc ;   Mashudu Rampilo   ⁸ , MSc ;   Stefan Baral   ³ , PhD

¹ South African Medical Research Council/University of Johannesburg Pan African Centre for Epidemics Research Extramural Unit, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

² Department of Health Services Policy Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

³ Key Populations Program, Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁴ Big Data Health Science Center, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

⁵ Engineering and Computing, Integrated Information Technology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

⁶ Technology Architecture & Planning, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

⁷ Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

⁸ South African National AIDS Council, Pretoria, South Africa