Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (Vadu HDSS)
Vadu HDSS is a surveillance system that was initiated in India in 2002 and is run by the Vadu Rural Health Program of the KEM Hospital Research Center in Pune. Every year, the Vadu HDSS collects data on pregnancies, births, marriages, migrations, and deaths and assesses causes of deaths using verbal autopsies in a population of 200,000 individuals residing in around 55,000 households in 22 villages. Various sub-cohorts have been established within Vadu HDSS to investigate specific health conditions, such as non-communicable diseases and cognitive functioning.
Study design
Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
200,000 (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
2002
Primary Institutions
KEM Hospital Research Center
Profile paper DOI
Funders
KEM Hospital Research Center
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
