Migration Health Follow-up Study (MHFUS)
The cohort for the MHFUS were based in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa, aged 18 - 40 years at baseline, and recruited through the Health and socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS). Over 3,000 participants were recruited into the study, with approximately 54% being migrants and 50% being female. Up to 2024, the cohort has been followed-up four times.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
3,092 (participants)
Age at first data collection
18 - 40 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2018
Primary Institutions
Brown University
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Medical Research Council
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
Engagement
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