Bandim Health Project (BHP HDSS)
The BHP monitors health and survival of both women and children in a nationally representative rural Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Guinea-Bissau. The BHP rural HDSS covers women of reproductive age and children below the age of 5 years residing in clusters. Between 1990 and 2006, the HDSS covered 20 clusters in Oio, Biombo, Gabu, Cacheu, and Bafata. As of 2024, the project is the oldest of its kind in Africa and one of the largest, covering around 100,000 individuals in the urban study area and a corresponding number in the rural areas.
Study design
Household panel, Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
~100,000 (women and children as of 2024)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (women)
< 5 years (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (women)
Varied (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The rural women and child population in Guinea-Bissau.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1978
Primary Institutions
University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet, SDU)
Links
bandim.org/about-bandim-health-project/
marcad-africa.org/index.php/who-we-are/the-marcad-program/african-patners/449-bandim-health-project
Profile paper DOI
Funders
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
World Bank
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
