Manyatta Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Manyatta HDSS)
The Manyatta HDSS was set up in 2016 and follows over 70,000 individuals residing in Manyatta, a densely populated urban settlement on the outskirts of Kisumu City in Kenya. As of 2023, the HDSS covered a population of 76,318 individuals within 26,097 households. The Manyatta HDSS is one of two sites in western Kenya participating in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. The participants are followed up twice a year.
Study design
Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
76,318 (participants as of 2023)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
No information available
Participant year of birth
No information available
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2016
Primary Institutions
Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Secondary data
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
