Kilite Awlaelo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (KA-HDSS)
The KA-HDSS was set up in April 2009 to provide important demographic and health-related indicators with international, national, and local policy importance. The study was conducted in Kilite-Awlaelo district, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, across nine rural kebelles and one urban kebelle (the smallest administrative component in Ethiopia). In 2016, two further urban kebelles were added into the study area. At baseline, the KA-HDSS included over 65,000 individuals living in 14,455 households. Information on vital events is collected during home visits by trained data collectors every six months.
Study design
Cohort - open, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
65,848 (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
Country
Year of first data collection
2009
Primary Institutions
Mekelle University (መቐለ ዩኒቨርሲቲ, MU)
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Ethiopia (CDC Ethiopia)
Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)
Mekelle University (መቐለ ዩኒቨርሲቲ, MU)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
