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Moramanga Health Survey in Urban and Rural Areas in Madagascar (MHURAM)

MHURAMActiveMadagascarEstablished 2012Cohort
71,587
Cohort size
2012
Year started
Mixed
Setting
0–100
Age group
All
Sex
Cohort
Cohort type

About this cohort

Household panel established October 2012–May 2014 by Institut Pasteur de Madagascar across the urban Moramanga commune and the rural Ambohibary and Ampasimpotsy communes of Madagascar. Recruited the entire population of 71,587 individuals in ~16,000 households at baseline; follow-ups conducted 2016–2017 and 2019–2021. Collects data on both communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Cohort-provided summary · derived from APCC directory fields

Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

Multi-disease
Communicable & Non-Communicable Disease

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 71,587 participants in a mixed setting in Madagascar, spanning 0–100 (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

2012
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
71,587Participants / residents
Population focus
0–100 · All
Geographic coverage
MadagascarMixed
Year started
2012Ongoing
Coordinates
-18.9497, 48.2296Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

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

Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (IPM)

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
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar (IPM)
Contact
To be confirmed
Metadata source: APCC cohort directoryLast reviewed: 19 June 2026Some fields are placeholders pending custodian confirmation — verify independently.