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Dikgale, Mamabolo and Mothiba Population Health Research Centre (DIMAMO PHRC)

DIMAMO PHRCActiveSouth AfricaEstablished 1995HDSS
100,000
Cohort size
1995
Year started
Rural
Setting
All ages (bio-behavioural follow-up 15+)
Age group
All
Sex
HDSS
Cohort type

About this cohort

Established in 1995 as Dikgale HDSS in rural Capricorn District, Limpopo, South Africa. Expanded in 2018 to include the Mamabolo and Mothiba traditional authorities and renamed DIMAMO PHRC, now covering ~116,000 residents. A SAPRIN node followed three times per year with demographic surveillance plus annual bio-behavioural surveys of adults 15+.

Cohort-provided summary · derived from APCC directory fields

Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

Demographic surveillance
NCDs
HIV/AIDS
Multi-disease

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 100,000 participants in a rural setting in South Africa, spanning All ages (bio-behavioural follow-up 15+) (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

1995
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
100,000Participants / residents
Population focus
All ages (bio-behavioural follow-up 15+) · All
Geographic coverage
South AfricaRural
Year started
1995Ongoing
Coordinates
-23.87, 29.7435Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

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

University of Limpopo
SAMRC

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