(Health and) Demographic Surveillance Sites

Many of the DSS (HDSS) participate in the INDEPTH Network, which provides an overview of their work.

DSS with websites in sub-saharan Africa


  1. Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou HDSS
    Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)

  2. Ethiopia: Butajira HDSS
    Butajira Rural Health Program (BRHP)
    Department of Cummunity Health Faculty of Medicine, Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia

  3. Ghana: Navrongo HDSS
    Navrongo Health Research Centre

  4. Ghana: Kintampo HDSS
    Kintampo Health Research Centre

  5. Guinea Bissau: Bandim HDSS
    Bandim Health Project

  6. Kenya: Kilifi HDSS
    Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

  7. Kenya: Nairobi HDSS
    African Population and Health Research Center Inc.

  8. Kenya: Kisumu HDSS
    Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)

  9. Malawi: Karonga HDSS
    Karonga Prevention Study

  10. Mozambique: Manhica HDSS
    Centro de Investigacao em Saude da Mnahica

  11. Senegal: Niakhar HDSS
    Institut de Recherche et Developpement (IRD)

  12. South Africa: ACDIS HDSS
    Africa Center for Population Studies and Reproductive Health
    These data are available upon request, for more click here

  13. South Africa: Agincourt HDSS
    Agincourt Health and Population Division

  14. South Africa: Dikgale HDSS
    Dikgale Demographic and Health Study
    School of Health Sciences, University of the North, South Africa

  15. Tanzania: Magu HDSS
    Kesesa Cohort Study, TANESA Program

  16. Tanzania: Ifakara HDSS
    Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre

  17. Uganda: Rakai HDSS
    RAKAI Health Sciences Program

  18. Uganda: Iganda/Mayuge HDSS
    Makerere University Institute of Public Health

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