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Bandim Health Project HDSS (BHP)

BHPActiveGuinea-BissauEstablished 1978HDSS
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200,000
Cohort size
1978
Year started
Mixed
Setting
Women of reproductive age; Children <5
Age group
All
Sex
HDSS
Cohort type

About this cohort

Bandim Health Project HDSS (BHP) is a hdss cohort in Guinea-Bissau, established in 1978. It covers approximately 200,000 participants in a mixed setting, spanning Women of reproductive age; Children <5 (all). Led by Bandim Health Project and partners, its research focuses on maternal & child health, vaccine effects, mortality.

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Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

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Maternal & Child Health
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Vaccine effects
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Mortality

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 200,000 participants in a mixed setting in Guinea-Bissau, spanning Women of reproductive age; Children <5 (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

1978
Cohort established
Start of data collection as recorded in the APCC directory.
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Further milestones
To be confirmed Additional events pending custodian input.

Key characteristics

Core descriptive metadata.

Study design / type
HDSS
Cohort size
200,000Participants / residents
Population focus
Women of reproductive age; Children <5 · All
Geographic coverage
Guinea-BissauMixed
Year started
1978Ongoing
Coordinates
11.8817, -15.617Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

Lead institution(s); partners and governance to be confirmed.

Bandim Health Project
University of Southern Denmark

Partner institutions & governance arrangements — To be confirmed

Nested studies & sub-cohorts

Studies built on this cohort platform.

Nested studies / sub-cohorts — To be confirmed.

FAIR readiness

Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable assessment.

F · TBCA · TBCI · TBCR · TBC
ⓘFAIR assessment pending — to be completed with the cohort custodian against the APCC metadata standard.

Investigators

Principal investigators and ORCID identifiers.

Information pending validation.

Publications & evidence

Outputs, policy briefs and research evidence.

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Publications, policy briefs and research outputs to be linked from Africahied. To be confirmed.

Data access & governance

How the data can be accessed and governed.

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Access procedure
Managed access via the cohort custodian
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Ethics & governance
To be confirmed

Collaboration opportunities

Partnerships and capacity strengthening.

Collaboration opportunities, capacity-strengthening and partnership details. To be confirmed.

Contact

How to reach the cohort team or request access.

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Lead institution
Bandim Health Project
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Contact
To be confirmed
Metadata source: APCC cohort directoryLast reviewed: 19 June 2026Some fields are placeholders pending custodian confirmation — verify independently.