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    Tanzania - Ifakara Rural INDEPTH Core Dataset 1997-2014 (Release 2017)

    Africa-2017
    Reference ID INDEPTH.TZ011.CMD2014.V1
    Year 1997 - 2014
    Country Tanzania
    Producer(s) Eveline Geubbels - Thematic group leader of M&E Ifakara Health Institute
    Sponsor(s) Ministry of Health and Social Welfar - MoHSW -
    Swiss Tropical Institute - STI -
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - BMGF -
    Global Fund for to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria - GFATM -
    Doris Duke Charitable Foundation - DDCF -
    Comi
    Collection(s)
    Africa Region – Release 2017
    Metadata PDF Documentation in PDF
    Created on
    Jul 01, 2017
    Last modified
    Jul 01, 2017
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    Overview
    Identification
    Country
    Tanzania
    Title
    Ifakara Rural INDEPTH Core Dataset 1997-2014 (Release 2017)

    Study Type
    Demographic Surveillance
    Series Information
    Round 1 to 54 from July 1997 to December 2015

    ID Number
    INDEPTH.TZ011.CMD2014.V1
    Version
    Version Description
    CMD2014.v1: Edited dataset for public distribution

    Production Date
    2017-05-20
    Overview
    Abstract
    Longitudinal data gathered from health surveillance is very essential, when combined with detailed demographic information, can provide invaluable insight into public health needs and importance. Ifakara DSS is one of the oldest site that managed by Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. It is located in remote area of the river valley of Kilombero in Morogoro region. The site was set up on 1996 with the main focus on the impact evaluation of malaria intervention on child health and survival. In early 2000s, it extends its initiatives on population monitoring and evaluation of community health intervention programs and researches on adult health and older people of Kilombero and Ulanga districts. Since its inception the HDSS has been very instrumental in producing population evidence base with the potential to guide policy and action in public health related needs and population changes over time.

    The Ifakara DSS is continuous demographic surveillance, consisting of initial and repeat censuses of the chosen population after every four months, registering each individual resident and recording their associated information, such as household socioeconomic status, Individual education status, marital status, bed net ownership, pregnancy and pregnancy outcome. Health outcomes and vital events (e.g. births, deaths, in and out migration) in the DSS area are then linked to individual demographic records for precise estimate. This help to understand the dynamism of the population over time in terms of fertility, mortality and migration. It provides data for calculating the denominators of demographic rates. The cause of death for specific age group is also administered through standardized verbal autopsy questionnaire adopted from the In-depth network.

    The objectives of Ifakara DSS

    - To collect accurate information on child health and survival,

    - To provide a framework for population based health research which is relevant to the local health priorities and needs,

    - To evaluate/test health tools and community well being interventions

    - To monitor some of the NSGRP/MDG indicators.

    - To document all births, deaths, In and out migration on the DSS area

    - To quantify the impact of health and poverty reduction strategies and intervention

    - To document the trend of cause specific mortality (burden of disease) of Kilombero and Ulanga districts

    The access for Ifakara demographic data is currently abided by the institutional data sharing policy and procedure fall under the data centralization team (dc@ihi.or.tz ) while the forms for data requisition and extraction are online available at www.ihidata.org . All requests of data by either online or physical should be subjected to institutional committee for ethical approval and being only accepted by field researchers with regards to specified objectives or the existing collaboration between two parts

    Kind of Data
    Event history data

    Units of Analysis
    Individual

    Scope
    Notes
    The Ifakara HDSS collects and updates detailed information from the study area of Kilombero and Ulanga districts. Some of these include Homestead information: such as Latitude, longitude, altitude, village name, village code, name of hamlet and location identifier (Location ID). Other related issues are Household Information like household names and household heads.

    The term household is referred by HDSS as a group of individuals who share, or eat from, the same cooking pot.

    On Individuals, information like names (Given name, Middle name and Family name), sex, birth date, marital-status, relation to household head, occupation, education level and individual ID.

    While on residency, the information of residency status is also captured for instance; resident, died or out-migrated), marital status to members equal to 13 years of age, pregnancy status for women aged 13-49 years, location ID and Individual ID.

    Pregnancy outcome related information: In this theme information of live birth, number of babies, still birth, abortion, date of birth, place of birth, names, sex of child, mother's personal identity number (link), father's personal identity number are collected. Death: In this theme information collected are date of death, place of death, age at Death and individual ID are collected.

    Verbal Autopsy is also done to identify the probable cause of death.

    In-migration: In this theme the following information are collected: Date of in-migration, Individual ID, names, sex, date of birth of migrant, reason for in-migration, relation to household head, origin of migration episode and whether the migrant had a previous residence within the Rufiji HDSS.

    Out-migration: Date of out-migration, Individual ID, reason for out-migration and destination of migration episode. Finally, the social economic status information is updated once per year.

    Topics
    TopicVocabularyURI
    Demography [N01.224] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Emigration and Immigration [N01.224.625.350] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Mortality [N01.224.935.698] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Birth Rate [N01.224.935.849.500] MeSHhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh
    Keywords
    Fertility, Mortality, Migration
    Coverage
    Geographic Coverage
    The Ifakara Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) area is located in southern Tanzania in parts of two districts, Kilombero and Ulanga both in Morogoro region (latitude 8° 00.'to 8° 35'S, altitude 35° 58 to 36° 48'E). Cover a total of 25 villages in rural area of Ulanga nd Kilombero districts, with a population of about 124,000 people in 28,000 households.

    Universe
    The Ifakara Rural DSS covered a total of 25 villages in Ulanga and Kilombero districts comprising 127,450 people residing in 22,670 households. In 2007, the Ifakara HDSS extended its area of coverage by including 5 villages of Ifakara town which comprised by 45000 people residing in approximately 12000 households. This is a home of about 25% of the African population with social, economic and demographic importance.

    Producers and Sponsors
    Primary Investigator(s)
    NameAffiliation
    Eveline Geubbels Thematic group leader of M&E Ifakara Health Institute
    Other Producer(s)
    NameAffiliationRole
    Mr Imani Irema Ifakara Health InstituteData Officer
    Dr. Rose Nathan Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in questionnaire design:
    Dr. Honorati Masanja Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in questionnaire design:
    Mr. Oskar Mukasa Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in questionnaire design:
    Dr. Rose Nathan Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in sampling methodology/selection:
    Dr. Honorati Masanja Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in sampling methodology/selection:
    Mr. Oskar Mukasa Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in sampling methodology/selection:
    Mr Amri Shamte Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr Chrisostom Mahutanga Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr Jensen Charles Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr. Advocatus Kakorozya Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr. Tumaini Kilimba Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr. Aurelio DiPasquale Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr. Nicolas Maire Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr Ramadhan Abdul Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data processing
    Mr Jumanne Kisweka Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data processing
    Mr Jackson Francis Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data processing
    Dr Rose Nathan Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data analysis
    Mr. Francis Levira Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Dr. Honorati Masanja Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Dr. Eveline Geubbels Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr Ramadhan Abdul Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Mr Amri Shamte Ifakara Health InstituteTechnical assistance in data collection and system upgrading
    Funding
    NameAbbreviationRole
    Ministry of Health and Social Welfar MoHSW
    Swiss Tropical Institute STI
    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation BMGF
    Global Fund for to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria GFATM
    Doris Duke Charitable Foundation DDCF
    Comic Relief, UK Comic Relief, UK
    Novatus Foundation for Suitable Development NFSD
    United State Urgency for International Development USAID
    World Bank WB
    World Health Organization WHO
    UK Department for International Development DFID
    Other Acknowledgements
    NameAffiliationRole
    Fieldworkers Ifakara Health Institute
    IT Support staffs Ifakara Health Institute
    Field supervisors Ifakara Health Institute
    Data Clerks Ifakara Health Institute
    Key Informants Community
    Village Leaders Community
    Metadata Production
    Metadata Produced By
    NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
    iSHARE2 Technical TeamiS2TTINDEPTH NetworkDocumentation of the study
    INDEPTH Networkint.indepthINDEPTH Networkagency
    Imani IremaIIIfakara Health InstituteDDI Author
    Date of Metadata Production
    2017-05-20
    DDI Document Version
    CMD2014.v1: 2017-05-20

    DDI Document ID
    DDI.INDEPTH.TZ011.CMD2014.v1

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