Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS)
KHDSS is designed to research diseases of national and international public health importance. The surveillance system includes all residents of the Kintampo North Municipality and Kintampo South District in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. To be included in KHDSS, individuals must reside in the study area for at least three calendar months. In 2005, KHDSS included over 116,000 individuals of various ethnic groups including Bono, Mo, Ewe, Dangbe and more. In 2010, the study expanded to include the Ahafo Mining Area in Tano North and the Asutifi Districts of the Ghana Gold mining concession area. As of 2020, the study has expanded to include over 456,000 participants.
Study design
Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
456,478 (participants as of 2020)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
All residents of the Kintampo north and south districts in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2003
Primary Institutions
Ghana Health Service (GHS)
Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC)
Ministry of Health (MoH) - Ghana
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, IRSC)
Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership (EDCTP)
Ghana Health Service (GHS)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
