Kilifi Vaccine Monitoring Study (KiVMS)
The KiVMS is a continuous study following a cohort of over 33,000 children aged under 5 years living in Kilifi County, Kenya. Additionally, all childhood immigrants are recruited during re-enumeration rounds. The study area is covered by the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System, which provides basic demographic data on participants for KiVMS. The demographic data has been linked to an electronic vaccine monitoring system and electronic health records.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
33,962 (participants)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
< 5 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2000
Primary Institutions
KEMRI Centre for Geographic Medical Research
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Wellcome Trust
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- None
- Census data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
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