Ouagadougou HDSS
Ouagadougou HDSS is a HDSS based in Burkina Faso.
- Population
- 100,000
- Established
- 2008
- Unit of observation
- Menage
About the cohort
The HDSS was set up in late 2008 in five dristricts of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) with the objective to study intra-urban inequalities. It has the particularity to cover formal and informal areas that characterize urban areas of SSA. Since then, 14 round of data collection were inplemented up to 2025. Information collected include basic socio-economic characteristics and population dynamics with causes of death data.
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Recently we have included questions on health related issues such as digital determinants of health, reproductive measures and mental health. In addition to routine data collection, several nested studies have been implemented in the HDSS and cover diverse health issues.
Location
Burkina Faso
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Research focus
- mortalité
- santé
- urbain
Data domains
- Mental health and wellbeing
Research home
Lead institutionInstitut Superieur des Sciences de la Population
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Profile provenance
- APCC record
- 167
- Membership
- Full Member
- Custodian status
- Requires custodian validation
- Schema
- 2.4.0