{"doc_desc":{"title":"Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV\/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network)","idno":"DDI.AHRI.AN02-02.Dataset.6.2b","producers":[{"name":"Africa Health Research Institute","abbr":"AHRI","affiliation":"","role":""}]},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"AHRI.AN02-02.Dataset.6.2b","title":"Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV\/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network)"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Kobus Herbst","affiliation":"Africa Health Research Institute"},{"name":"Willem Hanekom","affiliation":"Africa Health Research Institute"},{"name":"Mark Siedner","affiliation":"Africa Health Research Institute"},{"name":"Guy Harling","affiliation":"Africa Health Research Institute"}],"oth_id":[{"name":"Thobeka Mngomezulu","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Data collection"},{"name":"Phumzile Dlamini","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Data collection"},{"name":"Nomathamsanqa Majozi","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Public Engagement"},{"name":"Siyabonga Nxumalo","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Data extraction"},{"name":"Sweetness Dube","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Data Documentation"},{"name":"Dickman Gareta","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Data Management oversight"},{"name":"Eugene Ehlers","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Software Development"},{"name":"Theresa Smit","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Laboratory oversight"},{"name":"Gregory Ording-Jesperse","affiliation":"AHRI","email":"","role":"Laboratory data management"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[{"name":"Africa Health Research Institute","abbr":"AHRI","affiliation":"","role":""}],"funding_agencies":[{"name":"Wellcome Trust","abbr":"WT","role":"Core funding"},{"name":"SAPRIN","abbr":"SAPRIN ","role":""}],"grant_no":"097410\/Z\/11\/Z DST-SAMRC"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"ALPHA; ALPHA Network; HIV incidence; HIV mortality; ANDLA Network; residency","vocab":"Africa Health Research Institute","uri":"www.ahri.org"}],"topics":[{"topic":"Demography Epidemiology HIV Mortality Incidence","vocab":"Africa Health Research Institute","uri":"www.ahri.org"}],"abstract":"The ALPHA Network is a collaboration between 10 longitudinal studies in sub-Saharan Africa.  These studies collect data on HIV infection alongside demographic, behavioural, socio-economic and clinical data from residents of the study areas.  The Network harmonises these data and conducts comparable and pooled analyses on HIV-related research questions. AHRI contributes data from ACDIS and PIP to the Network and this is referred to within the Network as uMkhanyakude.  This dataset contains the sex and date of birth for the population resident in the study area and dates of migrations and deaths. It is used to construct the population denominator for all analyses.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2001-02-21","end":"2024-05-23","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"ZA"}],"geog_coverage":"Africa Health Research Institute Population Intervention Study Area (PIPSA)","analysis_unit":"Each observation describes an individual's period of residence in a household","universe":"Household members of the Africa Health Research Institute Population Intervention Programme Study Area","data_kind":"Surveillance data"},"method":{"data_collection":{"sampling_procedure":"Household demographic surveillance","sources":[{"name":"","origin":"","characteristics":""}]}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"cit_req":"Herbst, K., Hanekom, W., Siedner, M., & Harling, G. (2024). Network for Analysing Longitudinal Population-based HIV\/AIDS data on Africa (ALPHA Network) [Data set]. Africa Health Research Institute. \nDOI:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.23664\/AHRI.AN02-02.DATASET.6.2B","conditions":"Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(<https:\/\/data.ahri.org\/>). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges being revoked by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed and must cite the dataset in publication using the citation provided as part of this documentation. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the relevant DOI."}}},"schematype":"survey"}