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Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service

HDB-0180

Longitudinal population surveillance system established in 1993 monitoring approximately 318,000 people across three districts in Northern Ghana, tracking vital events including pregnancies, births, deaths, and migrations. Data are shared with researchers under data sharing agreements and are available through the INDEPTH Network.

Category

Open dataset

Access

Credentialed

Region

Africa — Ghana

Coverage

318,000+ people across Kassena-Nankana, Builsa, and Mamprugu districts

License / terms

INDEPTH Network data sharing agreement

Data types

vital events, demographics, health indicators

HDSS longitudinal demographic mortality fertility

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Record HDB-0180 · last verified 2026-08-06 · listed in Open datasets

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