1. The Kaya HDSS, Burkina Faso: a platform for epidemiological studies and health programme evaluation
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Gisèle S. Yameogo, Fadima Yaya Bocoum, Seni Kouanda, Juste Nitièma, Maurice Yameogo, Slim Haddad, Tieba Millogo, Blaise Sondo, Valéry Ridde, and Aristide Bado
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Program evaluation ,Male ,Rural Population ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Urban Population ,Epidemiology ,030231 tropical medicine ,Population ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Environmental health ,Cause of Death ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Burkina Faso ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Mortality ,education ,Cause of death ,Demography ,2. Zero hunger ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Data Collection ,1. No poverty ,Capacity building ,General Medicine ,Census ,medicine.disease ,Verbal autopsy ,Health Surveys ,3. Good health ,Epidemiologic Studies ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Family medicine ,Population Surveillance ,Female ,Morbidity ,business ,Malaria ,Program Evaluation - Abstract
The Kaya Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kaya HDSS) is located in the North Central region of Burkina Faso in the Kaya health district. The main purposes of the Kaya HDSS are to study demographic, infectious and chronic disease indicators in the district, to observe changes in health over time, evaluate health programmes and to provide a basis for policy decisions and capacity building in order to enhance the health of the community. Kaya HDSS was established in late 2007 following a baseline census of the population of the HDSS area. Homes were visited every 6 months to collect demographic information and data on morbidity and mortality. A verbal autopsy questionnaire is used to collect information on the causes of death. The Kaya HDSS reached 64,480 residents in 10,587 households by the end of 2011, with an average of 6.1 ± 4.3 persons per household. The site is 70% urban and 30% rural. The population is 51.8% female. Over 55% of deaths occur outside health facilities. Malaria is the leading cause of death, primarily affecting children under 5 years of age (44%) and those 5 to 14 years old (36%). The Kaya HDSS data can be obtained by sending a request via the HDSS website (http://kaya-hdss.org/).
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- 2013