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Network of field sites with continuous Demographic |
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Iganga /Mayuge DSS in Uganda, was established in August 2004. It is located in the eastern part of the country 115km from Kampala the capital city. According to results from the Baseline Census conducted between March-July 2005, the DSS has a population of 62,000 people, about 80% living in rural and 20% peri-urban areas. Data for update rounds is collected 3 times in a year. The Iganga/Mayuge DSS is using paper based protocol of data collection but is gradually changing to use of handheld computers (PDAs).
The core demographic events covered are Migrations, Birth Death and Verbal Autopsy. Other modules collected are Pregnancy, Education and Socio-economic status.
Objectives 1. Capacity Building: To develop operational research capacity for Makerere University staff and graduate students 2. Monitoring and Evaluation: To provide a platform for high quality household survey data for operational field trials of health, agriculture, socio-economic, veterinary and technological interventions in rural and peri urban populations; 3. Services: To contribute to the development of the new sentinel Surveillance system by providing unique, essential, household level information individually tailored for policy, planning and research needs.
Priority Research Areas Health, although later research by Masters & PhD students from Agriculture, technology/water, social science faculties will be conducted
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