Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action (COMSA-Mozambique)

About this cohort

Sample registration system launched January 2017 (data collection from March 2018) covering 700 randomly selected geographic clusters across all 11 provinces of Mozambique — a nationally representative population of ~828,000–870,000 persons. Community surveillance agents report continuous birth, death and cause-of-death data via mobile devices, with verbal autopsies and links to CHAMPS minimally-invasive tissue sampling for under-5 deaths. Funded by the Gates Foundation; row label SIS-COVE/COMSA assumed to refer to COMSA.

Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 828,663 participants in a mixed setting in Mozambique, spanning All ages (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

Key characteristics

Core descriptive metadata.

Institutions & governance

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

Partner institutions & governance arrangements — To be confirmed

Nested studies & sub-cohorts

Studies built on this cohort platform.

FAIR readiness

Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable assessment.

Investigators

Principal investigators and ORCID identifiers.

Data access & governance

How the data can be accessed and governed.

Collaboration opportunities

Partnerships and capacity strengthening.

Contact

How to reach the cohort team or request access.