Healthy Lives Malawi
The Healthy Lives Malawi project aims to create an intergenerational longitudinal population study of physical and mental long-term conditions in Malawi. The project builds upon existing work in the demographic surveillance of 110,000 people in urban and rural communities of Malawi. The sample includes a nested cohort of more than 7,500 families comprised of up to 50,000 individuals aged 15 years and above from urban and rural communities. The study is embedded within Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites (HDSS) and health clinics, and is also linked to the Generation Malawi Cohort.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
20,000 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
≥ 15 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2020
Primary Institutions
Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
