Nairobi Urban HDSS
Nairobi Urban HDSS is a HDSS based in Kenya.
- Population
- 90,000
- Established
- 2002
- Unit of observation
- Individual, household
About the cohort
NUHDSS was designed as a platform for prospective and longitudinal research studies, and for monitoring and evaluating interventions for improving the well-being of poor urban populations.
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Key demographic, health, and socio-economic events collected between 2002 and 2020 include pregnancies, births, deaths, in and out migrations, marriages, health outcomes (morbidity and cause of deaths), child vaccination and nutrition status, education, wealth, and housing characteristics. These events were initially updated every four months before the number of annual visits was reduced to three and then two.
Data were entered in relational or non-relational electronic databases supported by various computer programs and software.
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
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Research focus
- fertility
- Impact Evaluation
- informal settlements
- Migration
- mortality
- slums
- Urban health disadvantage
Data domains
- Migration and mobility
- Sociodemographic and household data
Research home
Lead institutionAPHRC
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Profile provenance
- APCC record
- 159
- Membership
- Legacy Member
- Custodian status
- Requires custodian validation
- Schema
- 2.4.0