Nahuche Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Nahuche HDSS)
The Nahuche HDSS provides longitudinal socio-demographic and health event data for over 125,000 individuals living in the village of Nahuche, located in Zamfara State, north-western Nigeria. Amongst the baseline surveillance population, 50.9% of individuals were <15 years, with a mean age of 19.6 years across the entire population. Baseline census data collection occurred from September to December 2010, with surveillance members followed up every 180 days/biannually.
Study design
Cohort - open
Number of participants at first data collection
125,147 (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
2010
Primary Institutions
Department for International Development (DFID)
Government of Norway (Kongeriket Norge)
Zamfara State Government (Gwamnatin Jihar Zamfara)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Bungudu Local Government (Ƙaramar Hukumar Bungudu)
Department for International Development (DFID) now known as Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Government of Norway (Kongeriket Norge)
Zamfara State Government (Gwamnatin Jihar Zamfara)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
