Nouna HDSS
Nouna HDSS is a HDSS based in Burkina Faso.
- Population
- 125,000
About the cohort
The HDSS site of the Centre de recherche en santé de Nouna (CRSN, Nouna Health Research Center) is located in the Nouna health district's catchment area in northwest Burkina Faso, 300 km away from the capital city, Ouagadougou. It was established in 1992 and the core system monitors population dynamics through routine collection and processing of information on vital events such as births, deaths with verbal-autopsy, and migrations.
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The current population size is about 125,000 inhabitants residing in 15,000 households across 58 villages and Nouna town. The HDSS data update uses a yearly round running on a full 12 months.
Location
Burkina Faso
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Data domains
- Vital events and mortality
- Migration and mobility
- Sociodemographic and household data
Research home
Lead institutionCentre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna
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Profile provenance
- APCC record
- 165
- Membership
- Full Member
- Custodian status
- Requires custodian validation
- Schema
- 2.4.0