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Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (IMHDSS)

Makerere University, Karolinska Institutet

HDB-0194

The IMHDSS is a population-based surveillance platform established in 2004 in Eastern Uganda, covering approximately 85,000 individuals across 65 villages in Iganga and Mayuge districts with twice-yearly data collection on vital events, migrations, sociodemographics, immunization, and health outcomes. The site serves as a research laboratory for community-oriented epidemiological and implementation science studies.

Category

Open dataset

Access

Free registration

Region

Africa — Uganda

Data types

demographic, vital events, immunization, communicable diseases, non-communicable diseases

HDSS longitudinal community health surveillance

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Record HDB-0194 · last verified 2026-08-06 · listed in Open datasets

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