Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Muzaffarpur-TMRC Health and Demographic Surveillance System

The Muzaffarpur-TMRC Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), established in 2007, was developed as an enlargement of the scope of a research collaboration on the project Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar, which had been ongoing since 2005. The HDSS is located in a visceral leishmaniasis (VL...

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Published inInternational journal of epidemiology Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 1450 - 1457
Main Authors MALAVIYA, Paritosh, PICADO, Albert, HASKER, Epco, OSTYN, Bart, KANSAL, Sangeeta, RUDRA PRATAP SINGH, SHANKAR, Ravi, BOELAERT, Marleen, SUNDAR, Shyam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 01.10.2014
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Biological and medical sciences
Community-Based Participatory Research
Databases, Factual - statistics & numerical data
Demography - methods
Female
HDSS Profile
Health Surveys - methods
Humans
India - epidemiology
Leishmaniasis, Visceral - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Population Surveillance - methods
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Socioeconomic Factors
India
Health system
Sanitary surveillance
Public health
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Summary:The Muzaffarpur-TMRC Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), established in 2007, was developed as an enlargement of the scope of a research collaboration on the project Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar, which had been ongoing since 2005. The HDSS is located in a visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-endemic area in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar state in India. It is the only HDSS conducting research on VL, which is a vector-borne infectious disease transmitted by female phlebotomine sandflies and is fatal if left untreated. Currently the HDSS serves a population of over 105,000 in 66 villages. The HDSS collects data on vital events including pregnancies, births, deaths, migration and marriages, as well as other socio-economic indicators, at regular intervals. Incident VL cases are identified. The HDSS team is experienced in conducting both qualitative and quantitative studies, sample collection and rapid diagnostic tests in the field. In each village, volunteers connect the HDSS team with the community members. The Muzaffarpur-TMRC HDSS provides opportunities for studies on VL and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and their interaction with demographic events such as migration. Queries related to research collaborations and data sharing can be sent to Dr Shyam Sundar at [drshyamsundar@hotmail.com].
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ISSN:0300-5771
1464-3685
DOI:10.1093/ije/dyu178