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
Country
Year of first data collection
1994
Primary Institutions
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)
Profile paper DOI
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
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups