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Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (Magu HDSS)
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The Magu DSS study was set up in 1994 in Tanzania to provide a framework for interventions to combat the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Since 2005, the project has broadened its focus to include the provision of a frame for studies involving HIV treatment and care. The demographic surveillance system collects information on births, deaths, and movements in and out of the households and helps to understand the population dynamics in the study area, including fertility, mortality, and migration patterns. All households in the study area are enrolled, and household refusal rates remained well below 1% throughout the study. The open population cohort increased from 19,347 in surveillance round 1 in 1994 to 31,405 in 2008 and 54,024 in round 40 in 2022.

Study design
Household panel, Cohort - open

Number of participants at first data collection

19,347 (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

Households and household members
Dataset details

Country

Tanzania, United Republic of

Year of first data collection

1994

Primary Institutions

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)

Links

indepth-ishare.org/index.php/catalog/78

icpsr.umich.edu/web/DSDR/studies/29541

Funders

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR, Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, IRSC)

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)

Natural Science and Research Council

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Wellcome Trust

Ongoing?
Yes

Data types collected

qualitativeData
dataLinkage
Quantitative data collection
  • Interview – face-to-face
  • Secondary data
  • Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
Qualitative data collection
  • Ethnography or participant observation
Neuroimaging data collection
  • None
Linked or secondary data
  • Healthcare data
Features

Engagement

  • Community engagement
  • Keywords

    Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
    Fertility
    Health and demographic surveillance site (HDSS)
    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
    Morbidity and mortality
    Sub-studies

    Consortia and dataset groups

    Collaboration for the Establishment of an African Population Cohorts Consortium (CE-APCC)
    INSPIRE NETWORK
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