Wosera Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Wosera HDSS)
The Wosera HDSS was initially set up in 1990 as part of a large Malaria Vaccine Epidemiology and Evaluation Project in Papua New Guinea. It aimed to study malaria epidemiology and immunology in nine villages. In 1995, it expanded to cover 30 villages in the Wosera/Gawi district, in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. As of 2011, the Wosera HDSS included over 16,000 people. The data collected included yearly population censuses, fortnightly updates, verbal autopsies, and morbidity surveillance. Additional data was collected as required by sub-studies.
Study design
Community or village panel, Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
16,000 (participants as of 2011)
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
1990
Primary Institutions
International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and their Health (INDEPTH)
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (PNGIMR)
Links
ghdx.healthdata.org/record/papua-new-guinea-wosera-health-and-demographic-surveillance-system
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Australian Agency For International Development (AusAID)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Exxon Mobile
Government of Papua New Guinea
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
