Kibera Population-Based Infectious Disease Surveillance (Kibera PBIDS)
The Kibera PBIDS conducts population-based mortality surveillance and verbal autopsies in two villages, Gatwikera and Soweto West, in the Kibera slum, situated in Nairobi, Kenya. Beginning in late 2005, around 7,000 households in a defined catchment area were visited by trained community interviewers collecting information on each person in the household. Home visits were conducted every 2 weeks; in October 2009 this was increased to weekly visits, and then returned to biweekly in May 2011. In April 2015, the frequency of visits decreased to every 6 months.
Study design
Cohort - open, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
∼7,000 (households)
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
2005
Primary Institutions
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
