📍 South AfricaACTIVEHDSS
Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System
HDSS · established 1992 · 120,000 participants.
👥 120,000View profile →
APCC Cohort Library
A consolidated directory of African population cohorts and Health & Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS), built on the African Population Cohorts Consortium framework. Browse, search and filter cohorts across the continent — and help validate the records ahead of publication.
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📍 Nigeria, ZambiaACTIVEHDSS
African Collaborative Center for Microbiome and Genomics Research (ACCME)
HDSS · established 2014 · 11,500 participants.
👥 11,500View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVEHDSS
Africa Health Research Institute Health and Demographic Surveillance System (AHRI HDSS)
HDSS · established 2000 · 155,000 participants.
👥 155,000View profile →
📍 EgyptACTIVEAging cohort
AL-SEHA: A Longitudinal Study of Egyptian Healthy Aging
Aging cohort · established 2021 · 20,000 participants.
👥 20,000View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVEHDSS
Africa Medical and Behavioral Sciences Organization Population Health Surveillance (APHS)
HDSS · established 2018 · 10,095 participants.
👥 10,095View profile →
📍 EthiopiaACTIVEHDSS
Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (Arba Minch HDSS)
HDSS · established 2009 · 138,000 participants.
👥 138,000View profile →
📍 Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya and South AfricaACTIVEMulti-site
Africa Wits-INDEPTH Partnership for Genomic Studies (AWI-Gen)
Multi-site · established 2012 · 12,477 participants.
👥 12,477View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVEHDSS
Bafokeng Health and Demographic Surveillance System (BAMMISHO)
HDSS · established 2024 · 100,000 participants.
👥 100,000View profile →
📍 SenegalACTIVEHDSS
Bandafassi Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (Bandafassi HDSS)
HDSS · established 1970 · 13,378 participants.
👥 13,378View profile →
📍 Guinea-BissauACTIVEHDSS
Bandim Health Project HDSS (BHP)
HDSS · established 1978 · 200,000 participants.
👥 200,000View profile →
📍 GambiaACTIVEHDSS
MRC Gambia HDSS sites (Basse, Farafenni; West Kiang not currently identified)
HDSS · established 1981 · 400,000 participants.
👥 400,000View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVEMulti-generational
Birth to Thirty (Bt30; formerly Birth to Ten / Birth to Twenty)
Multi-generational · established 1990 · 2,100 participants.
👥 2,100View profile →
📍 KenyaACTIVECohorts
Brain and Mind Institute (BMI) cohorts — Aga Khan University
Cohorts · established 2019 · 100,000 participants.
👥 100,000View profile →
📍 EthiopiaACTIVEHDSS
Butajira Rural Health Program (BRHP) / Butajira HDSS
HDSS · established 1986 · 54,000 participants.
👥 54,000View profile →
📍 RwandaACTIVEHDSS
Butaro Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Butaro HDSS)
HDSS · established 2020 · 38,000 participants.
👥 38,000View profile →
📍 MozambiqueACTIVEOpen Cohort Sero-surveillance
Manhiça Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Manhiça HDSS)
Open Cohort Sero-surveillance · established 1996 · 170,000 participants.
👥 170,000View profile →
📍 NigeriaACTIVEHDSS
Cross River Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (CRHDSS)
HDSS · established 2012 · 44,000 participants.
👥 44,000View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVEHDSS
Cape Town Systematic Healthcare Action Research Project (C-SHARP)
HDSS · established 2023 · 100,000 participants.
👥 100,000View profile →
📍 EthiopiaACTIVEHDSS
Dabat Research Centre HDSS (Dabat, Gondar, Gorgora)
HDSS · established 1996 · 70,000 participants.
👥 70,000View profile →
📍 EthiopiaACTIVEHDSS
Dale-Wonsho Health and Demographic Surveillance System
HDSS · established 2017 · 72,000 participants.
👥 72,000View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVEHDSS
Dikgale, Mamabolo and Mothiba Population Health Research Centre (DIMAMO PHRC)
HDSS · established 1995 · 100,000 participants.
👥 100,000View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVECohort
Entebbe Mother and Baby Study (EMaBS)
Cohort · established 2003 · 2,500 participants.
👥 2,500View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVECohort
General Population Cohort (GPC)
Cohort · established 1989 · 23,000 participants.
👥 23,000View profile →
📍 MalawiACTIVEBirth Cohort
Generation Malawi
Birth Cohort · established 2021 · 1,600 participants.
👥 1,600View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVEHDSS
GRT-INSPIRED Urban HDSS (Gauteng node)
HDSS · established 2020 · 50,000 participants.
👥 50,000View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVECohort
Health and Ageing in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI)
Cohort · established 2014 · 3,707 participants.
👥 3,707View profile →
📍 EthiopiaACTIVEHDSS
Hararghe Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa, Harar, Haramaya HDSS)
HDSS · established 2011 · 310,000 participants.
👥 310,000View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVECohort
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) Research Cohort
Cohort · established 2002 · 70,000 participants.
👥 70,000View profile →
📍 TanzaniaACTIVEBirth Cohort
Ifakara Millennium Birth Cohort (IMBC)
Birth Cohort · established 1998 · 5,400 participants.
👥 5,400View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVEHDSS
Iganga-Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (IMHDSS)
HDSS · established 2004 · 80,000 participants.
👥 80,000View profile →
📍 MadagascarACTIVECohort
Ifanadiana Health Outcomes and Prosperity longitudinal Evaluation (IHOPE)
Cohort · established 2014 · 8,537 participants.
👥 8,537View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVEHDSS
Kagando Health and Demographic Surveillance System
HDSS · established 2018 · 40,000 participants.
👥 40,000View profile →
📍 KenyaACTIVEHDSS
Kaloleni/Rabai Community Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KRHDSS)
HDSS · established 2017 · 98,000 participants.
👥 98,000View profile →
📍 MalawiACTIVEHDSS
Karonga and Lilongwe HDSSs (Healthy Lives Malawi)
HDSS · established 2002 · 113,000 participants.
👥 113,000View profile →
📍 Burkina FasoACTIVEHDSS
Kaya Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kaya HDSS)
HDSS · established 2007 · 65,000 participants.
👥 65,000View profile →
📍 KenyaACTIVEHDSS
Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS)
HDSS · established 2000 · 300,000 participants.
👥 300,000View profile →
📍 EthiopiaACTIVEHDSS
Kilite-Awlaelo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (KA-HDSS)
HDSS · established 2009 · 100,000 participants.
👥 100,000View profile →
📍 DRCACTIVEHDSS
Kimpese Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kimpese HDSS)
HDSS · established 2018 · 60,000 participants.
👥 60,000View profile →
📍 GhanaACTIVEHDSS
Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS)
HDSS · established 2003 · 533,566 participants.
👥 533,566View profile →
📍 KenyaACTIVEHDSS
KEMRI/CDC Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KEMRI/CDC HDSS)
HDSS · established 2001 · 230,000 participants.
👥 230,000View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVEHDSS
Kyamulibwa General Population Cohort (GPC) / Masaka
HDSS · established 1989 · 25,000 participants.
👥 25,000View profile →
📍 MalawiACTIVECohort
Healthy Lives Malawi Long-Term Conditions (LTC) Survey
Cohort · established 2022 · 50,000 participants.
👥 50,000View profile →
📍 TanzaniaACTIVEHDSS
Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (Magu/Kisesa HDSS)
HDSS · established 1994 · 54,000 participants.
👥 54,000View profile →
📍 ZimbabweACTIVECohort
Manicaland Centre for Public Health Research / Manicaland HIV Cohort
Cohort · established 1998 · 17,000 participants.
👥 17,000View profile →
📍 EthiopiaACTIVEHDSS
Mecha Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Mecha HDSS)
HDSS · established 2016 · 74,000 participants.
👥 74,000View profile →
📍 MadagascarACTIVECohort
Moramanga Health Survey in Urban and Rural Areas in Madagascar (MHURAM)
Cohort · established 2012 · 71,587 participants.
👥 71,587View profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVECohort
Mildmay Uganda Observational Cohort (MUg Observational Cohort)
Cohort · established 2004 · 8,835 participants.
👥 8,835View profile →
📍 SenegalACTIVEHDSS
Mlomp Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Mlomp HDSS)
HDSS · established 1984 · 8,715 participants.
👥 8,715View profile →
📍 KenyaACTIVEHDSS
Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS)
HDSS · established 2002 · 90,000 participants.
👥 90,000View profile →
📍 Burkina FasoACTIVEHDSS
Nanoro Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Nanoro HDSS)
HDSS · established 2009 · 66,500 participants.
👥 66,500View profile →
📍 KenyaTO BE CONFIRMEDTo be confirmed
National Muslim Emergency Response Organization (NMERO)
To be confirmed · established To be confirmed · To be confirmed participants.
👥 To be confirmedView profile →
📍 GhanaACTIVEHDSS
Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NHDSS)
HDSS · established 1993 · 318,000 participants.
👥 318,000View profile →
📍 SenegalACTIVEHDSS
Niakhar Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Niakhar HDSS)
HDSS · established 1962 · 43,000 participants.
👥 43,000View profile →
📍 NigeriaACTIVECohort
Nigerian 100K Genome Project (Non-Communicable Diseases Genetic Heritage Study, NCD-GHS)
Cohort · established 2020 · 449 participants.
👥 449View profile →
📍 MalawiTO BE CONFIRMEDHDSS
Nyanja HDSS / Majete Malaria Project HDSS (?)
HDSS · established 2014 · To be confirmed participants.
👥 To be confirmedView profile →
📍 Burkina FasoACTIVEHDSS
Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ouaga HDSS)
HDSS · established 2008 · 100,000 participants.
👥 100,000View profile →
📍 MozambiqueACTIVEHDSS
Polana Caniço Health and Demographic Surveillance System (PCHDSS)
HDSS · established 2014 · 15,400 participants.
👥 15,400View profile →
📍 Kenya, GambiaACTIVEMulti-Cohort
PRECISE (PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere) Network
Multi-Cohort · established 2017 · 12,000 participants.
👥 12,000View profile →
📍 Zimbabwe, Tanzania, South AfricaACTIVEMulti-cohort
Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology Study (PURE)
Multi-cohort · established 2002 · To be confirmed participants.
👥 To be confirmedView profile →
📍 UgandaACTIVECohort
Rakai Community Cohort Study (RCCS)
Cohort · established 1994 · 25,000 participants.
👥 25,000View profile →
📍 South AfricaACTIVENetwork
South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN)
Network · established 2016 · 675,000 participants.
👥 675,000View profile →
📍 SeychellesACTIVECohort
Seychelles Child Development Study (SCDS)
Cohort · established 1989 · 779 participants.
👥 779View profile →
📍 MozambiqueACTIVECohort
Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action (COMSA-Mozambique)
Cohort · established 2017 · 828,663 participants.
👥 828,663View profile →
📍 GabonACTIVEHDSS
SUDESA
HDSS · established To be confirmed · To be confirmed participants.
👥 To be confirmedView profile →
📍 Ivory CoastACTIVEHDSS
Taabo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Taabo HDSS)
HDSS · established 2009 · 45,000 participants.
👥 45,000View profile →
📍 GhanaACTIVETo be confirmed
University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) Health and Demographic Surveillance System
To be confirmed · established 2018 · 50,000 participants.
👥 50,000View profile →
📍 South AfricaTO BE CONFIRMEDHDSS
USINGA
HDSS · established To be confirmed · 50,000 participants.
👥 50,000View profile →
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