The Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System – OUAGA HDSS

 

Research on Vulnerability in Urban African Populations

 

Dimension 3 - Impact of health problems

Poor health creates numerous setbacks and dependencies. Urban areas are often plagued with new and different hardships than rural areas (chronic illnesses, violent deaths) as well as the threat of infectious diseases.

Actions to take in this area include: prevention of urban health problems; adaptation of the health care system for affordable care for urban health problems.

Projects in Dimension 3:

Consolidating Research on Population, Family Planning and Reproductive Health of the Urban Poor in sub-Saharan Africa: A data collection, dissemination and regional collaboration initiative (2011 (2011 - 2014 - Funding : Gates Foundation, USA)  
contact: Abdramane Soura(ISSP)

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Multi-Country Typhoid Surveillance Program in sub-Saharan Africa (2011 - 2013 - Funding : Gates Foundation, USA)
contact: Abdramane Soura(ISSP)

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MADIMAH (Multi-site Analysis of Dynamics in Migration and Health (2010-2011 - Funding: Indepth Network)
contact: Abdramane Soura(ISSP)

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Inequalities in Health in a Context of Rapid Urbanization in West Africa (2008-2013 - Funding : Wellcome Trust)
contact: Clementine Rossier(INED)

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Household Composition and Education Investment (2010-2013 - Funding: Hewlett/AIRD, France)
Contact: Jean-Francois Kobiane(ISSP) )