Hinds County will serve as one of more than 100 locations across the nation to host the National Children's Study, which organizers say is the largest long-term children's health study in the nation. On Monday, March 7, join an awareness rally at the Mississippi Capitol to help kick off the study.

The National Children's Study will follow approximately 100,000 children across the nation from birth to age 21, seeking to improve children's health for generations to come. The study is led by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health in collaboration with a consortium of federal government partners.

Monday's rally features legislators, faith and community leaders, and representatives from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

The National Children's Study Awareness Day Rally starts at 10 a.m. on the front steps of the state Capitol. For more information, visit the National Children's Health Study website or call 601-815-8407.