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
City University of New York (CUNY)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
