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Ghana - Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance System

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General Info
Geography 
Ghana (GHA)
Greater Accra
Coverage type 
Subnational
Time period covered 
02/2005 - present
Series or system 
Demographic Surveillance System (DSS)
Data type
Demographic surveillance:
  • GPS coordinates (GIS)
  • Household
  • Individual
  • Interview
  • Longitudinal
  • Rural only
  • Verbal autopsy
Summary 

The Dodowa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (DHDSS) was established in 2005. The DHDSS monitors the Dangme West District and it covers an area of 1,529 square kilometers. The system records pregnancies, births, deaths, migration and marriages of household members. Dodowa HDSS is a member of the INDEPTH network and it utilizes INDEPTH standardized verbal autopsy tools.

Keywords 
Antenatal care, Assets, Birth weight, Cooking fuels, Crops, Domestic migration, Education, Electricity, Ethnicity, Family composition, Family size, Fertility, Health insurance, Housing conditions, Housing materials, ICD-10, Immunization, Income, Insecticide-treated bednets, Iodine supplements, Land ownership, Live births, Livestock, Marital status, Mortality, Occupations, Place of death, Place of delivery, Population, Pregnancy, Religion, Sanitation, Skilled birth attendants, Verbal autopsy, Water supply
GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 7, 2022