International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS - Central Africa (IeDEA-CA)
The IeDEA-CA cohort follows over 8,000 patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in care and treatment facilities across several countries in Central Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda. Data is based primarily on medical records obtained as part of routine patient care.
Study design
Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
8,902 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2011
Primary Institutions
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Academic, United States of America)
City University of New York (CUNY) (Academic, United States of America)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (Government, United States of America)
Fogarty International Center (FIC) (Government, United States of America)
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (Government, United States of America)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (Government, United States of America)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (Government, United States of America)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
