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Dabat Research Centre HDSS (Dabat, Gondar, Gorgora)

Dabat HDSSActiveEthiopiaEstablished 1996HDSS
70,000
Cohort size
1996
Year started
Mixed
Setting
All ages
Age group
All
Sex
HDSS
Cohort type

About this cohort

Established in 1996 in Dabat district, northern Ethiopia, across 9 rural and 4 urban kebeles spanning three geo-climatic zones. Expanded in 2021 to add Gondar and Gorgora sites, now collectively monitoring ~122,295 individuals (Dabat 77,898; Gondar 42,147; Gorgora 2,250). Households are followed every six months for births, deaths, migrations and marital changes.

Cohort-provided summary · derived from APCC directory fields

Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

Demographic surveillance
Mental Health
Multi-disease

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 70,000 participants in a mixed setting in Ethiopia, spanning All ages (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

1996
Cohort established
Start of data collection as recorded in the APCC directory.
Further milestones
To be confirmed Additional events pending custodian input.

Key characteristics

Core descriptive metadata.

Study design / type
HDSS
Cohort size
70,000Participants / residents
Population focus
All ages · All
Geographic coverage
EthiopiaMixed
Year started
1996Ongoing
Coordinates
12.9847, 37.4931Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

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

University of Gondar

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
Request
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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
University of Gondar
Contact
To be confirmed
Metadata source: APCC cohort directoryLast reviewed: 19 June 2026Some fields are placeholders pending custodian confirmation — verify independently.