International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS - Southern Africa (IeDEA-SA)
IeDEA-SA is a combined database including individual-level data on over 180,000 participants living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 17 care and treatment facilities across several countries in Southern Africa: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 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
184,386 (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
2006
Primary Institutions
University of Bern (Universität Bern)
University of Cape Town (iYunivesithi yaseKapa, Universiteit van Kaapstad, UCT)
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
