AHRI.Vukuzazi.2021
Vukuzazi Recruitment and Health Camp Data.2021
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South Africa | ZA |
In response to the challenge posed by the intersection of the HIV, TB and NCD epidemics, AHRI partnered with the uMkhanyakude community and local public health system in 2018 to build upon the existing wealth of demographic and health information that had been collected over the last 16 years. The project aimed at adding an ambitious program that would survey the state of the community's health using mobile clinics, screen for the most important infectious and non-communicable diseases and refer newly diagnosed cases for treatment, and obtain a broad range of population-based biological samples to support cutting-edge research on the relationship between host, pathogens and non-communicable diseases. Most importantly, this work would lay the groundwork for ongoing longitudinal projects that would span basic biological investigation, experimental medicine and implementation science to improve human health in the uMkhanyakude district and the broader community.
Vukuzazi three key new activities were:
Together these would create a platform for population-based 'omics study of infectious and non-communicable diseases and laid the groundwork for longitudinal and case-control studies of specific states of disease and health. Additionally, Vukuzazi would provide an important baseline for future implementation science / public health projects and a framework for the implementation of individual and population level health interventions that would be designed in response to the initial survey. In addition, the programme would consolidate the individual-level service delivery data on primary health care clinic and hospital attendances and linkage of these data to the data obtained from the health and disease characterization at the mobile clinic.
Each unit of observation (row) in the dataset includes one individual in the Population Intervention Platform
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HIV infection; tuberculosis; non-communicable diseases; South Africa; population health; demographic and health survey; biobank | Africa Health Research Institute | www.ahri.org |
uMkhanyakude district in northern KwaZulu-Natal
All adults aged 15 and greater who are resident members of households in the AHRI DSS area
Name | Affiliation |
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Emily Wong | AHRI/MGH |
Mark Siedner | AHRI/MGH |
Thumbi N’dungu | AHRI |
Willem Hanekom | AHRI |
Kobus Herbst | AHRI |
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Africa Health Research Institute |
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Wellcome Trust | Core funding |
SAPRIN |
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Dickman Gareta | Africa Health Research Institute | Head of Research Data Management |
Tshwaraganang Modise | Africa Health Research Institute | Data management, data cleaning |
Jaco Dreyer | Africa Health Research Institute | Data management, data cleaning |
Siyabonga Nxumalo | Africa Health Research Institute | Data management, data cleaning |
Sweetness Dube | Africa Health Research Institute | Data documentation and archive |
Resign Gunda | Africa Health Research Institute | Programme management |
Ashmika Surujdeen | Africa Health Research Institute | Programme management |
Olivier Koole | Africa Health Research Institute | Programme management |
Ngcebo Mhlongo | Africa Health Research Institute | Study clinician |
Sanah Bucico | Africa Health Research Institute | Nurse lead |
Thandeka Khoza | Africa Health Research Institute | Clinical Research |
Theresa Smit | Africa Health Research Institute | Laboratory |
Greg Ording | Africa Health Research Institute | Laboratory |
All individuals aged 15 years and older who are resident members of households in the DSS area were eligible to participate in the Vukuzazi Study. Consenting individuals who completed the health camp procedures during May 2018 - March 2020 are included in this dataset.
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2018-05-25 | 2020-03-13 |
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DDI.AHRI.Vukuzazi.2021
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Africa Health Research Institute |