Tanzania - Ifakara Rural INDEPTH Core Dataset 1997 - 2013 (Release 2016)
Reference ID | INDEPTH.TZ011.CMD2013.V1 |
Year | 1997 - 2013 |
Country | Tanzania |
Producer(s) |
Eveline Geubbels - Thematic group leader of M&E Ifakara Health Institute Amri Shamte - DSS Coordinator 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) | |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
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Overview
Identification
INDEPTH.TZ011.CMD2013.V1 |
Version
CMD2013.v1: Edited dataset for public distribution 2016-05-19
Overview
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
Event history data
Individual
Scope
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.
Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
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Demography [N01.224] | MeSH | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh |
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.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
Name | Affiliation |
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Eveline Geubbels | Thematic group leader of M&E Ifakara Health Institute |
Amri Shamte | DSS Coordinator Ifakara Health Institute |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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Dr. Rose Nathan | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in questionnaire design: |
Dr. Honorati Masanja | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in questionnaire design: |
Mr. Oskar Mukasa | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in questionnaire design: |
Dr. Rose Nathan | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in sampling methodology/selection: |
Dr. Honorati Masanja | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in sampling methodology/selection: |
Mr. Oskar Mukasa | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in sampling methodology/selection: |
Mr Amri Shamte | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr Chrisostom Mahutanga | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr Jensen Charles | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr. Advocatus Kakorozya | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr. Tumaini Kilimba | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr. Aurelio DiPasquale | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr. Nicolas Maire | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr Ramadhan Abdul | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data processing |
Mr Jumanne Kisweka | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data processing |
Mr Jackson Francis | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data processing |
Dr Rose Nathan | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data analysis |
Mr. Francis Levira | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Dr. Honorati Masanja | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Dr. Eveline Geubbels | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr Ramadhan Abdul | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Mr Amri Shamte | Ifakara Health Institute | Technical assistance in data collection and system upgrading |
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
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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 |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
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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
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
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iSHARE2 Technical Team | iS2TT | INDEPTH Network | Documentation of the study |
INDEPTH Network | int.indepth | INDEPTH Network | agency |
Jumanne Kisweka | JK | Ifakara Health Institute | DDI Author |
Imani Irema | II | Ifakara Health Institute | DDI Author |
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