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Uganda,
Population: 101 499
IGANGA – MAYUGE (IMHDSS) MAKERERE UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR HEALTH AND POPULATION RESEARCH (MUCHAP)
The Makerere Centre for Health and Population Research IMHDSS covers a total population of 101,499. The Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (IMHDSS) which is run by Makerere University Centre for Health and Population Research (MUCHAP) was established by Makerere University in 2005.
The purpose of the HDSS is to generate population-based information that is useful to guide policy and the decision-making process at district and national level.
IMHDSS/MUCHAP covers 65 villages distributed in Iganga and Mayuge districts in Eastern Uganda. It covers a population of approximately 101,499 individuals resident in about 17,000 households. It is located in Eastern Uganda; about 120 kilometers east of the capital city Kampala along the Uganda–Kenya highway.
Since the inception of IMHDSS in 2005, bi-annual and sometimes, annual data-update rounds have been regularly conducted through routine home visits by trained Field Assistants (FAs) to register pregnancies, births, deaths, and migrations. Other population variables like education status, marital status, screening for injury and disability, vaccination coverage, and household socio-economic status are also periodically
measured under this research platform.
SITE LEADER AND DIRECTOR: Dr. Dan Kajungu,(MSc, PhD)
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