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MRC Gambia HDSS sites (Basse, Farafenni; West Kiang not currently identified)

MRC Gambia HDSSActiveGambiaEstablished 1981HDSS
400,000
Cohort size
1981
Year started
Rural
Setting
All ages
Age group
All
Sex
HDSS
Cohort type

About this cohort

Long-running rural HDSS platform of the MRC Unit The Gambia. Farafenni HDSS, in the North Bank Region, was established in 1981 and now covers >50,000 residents. Basse HDSS, in the Upper River Region, was established in 2007 and as of 2022 covers >213,000 individuals across 224 villages. Together they support research on infectious diseases, demographic dynamics and public health interventions in rural Gambia.

Cohort-provided summary · derived from APCC directory fields

Research themes

Primary research themes for this cohort.

Demographic surveillance
Infectious disease
Maternal & Child Health

Study population

Who the cohort follows.

This cohort covers 400,000 participants in a rural setting in Gambia, spanning All ages (all). Detailed inclusion criteria and follow-up schedule — To be confirmed.

Timeline

Milestones in the cohort record.

1981
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
400,000Participants / residents
Population focus
All ages · All
Geographic coverage
GambiaRural
Year started
1981Ongoing
Coordinates
13.5667, -15.6Lat, Long

Institutions & governance

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

Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at LSHTM

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
Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at LSHTM
Contact
To be confirmed
Metadata source: APCC cohort directoryLast reviewed: 19 June 2026Some fields are placeholders pending custodian confirmation — verify independently.