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Ifanadiana Health Outcomes and Prosperity longitudinal Evaluation (IHOPE)

IHOPEActiveMadagascarEstablished 2014Cohort
8,537
Cohort size
2014
Year started
Rural
Setting
Children <5, women 15–49, men 15–59
Age group
All
Sex
Cohort
Cohort type

About this cohort

Established in 2014 in Ifanadiana District, south-eastern Madagascar, to evaluate the impact of PIVOT's health-system-strengthening intervention. Representative open household-panel cohort of ~8,300 individuals from 1,600 households, with follow-ups in 2016, 2018 and annually thereafter. Tracks under-5 children, women of reproductive age and adult men.

Cohort-provided summary · derived from APCC directory fields

Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

Health Systems
Multi-disease
Maternal & Child Health

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 8,537 participants in a rural setting in Madagascar, spanning Children <5, women 15–49, men 15–59 (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

2014
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
Cohort
Cohort size
8,537Participants / residents
Population focus
Children <5, women 15–49, men 15–59 · All
Geographic coverage
MadagascarRural
Year started
2014Ongoing
Coordinates
-18.8792, 47.5079Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

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

PIVOT
Harvard Medical School
Madagascar Ministry of Health

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