Overview of the Navrongo Health Research Centre NHRC’S Location
Kassena-Nankana NHRC districtlocation Kassena - Nankana District showing the major villages N Burkina Faso
# # Paga Manyoro # Kayoro
Upper West Region Navrongo # Kandiga #Y# Bolga District
# Chiana # Doba # Ketiu
# Nakong
Builsa District # Kologo
South Zone # Naga West Zone East Zone North Zone District Boundary -
Northern Region Characteristics of KND
•Area - 1674 sq.km. •Population - 150,000 (under surveillance) 82% Rural •Climate - One rainy season (June-Oct.) - Long dry season (Nov-May) •Vegetation - Savannah •People - Kassenas, Nankanis & Builsas NHRC’S MANDATE
•To research into priority health problems facing the developing world and inform policy decisions on feasible interventions Epidemiology of the Study population
Malaria is the major cause of morbidity and death
Diarrhoea and ARI also important causes of disease and death
Periodic outbreaks of CSM (meningitis) Research interest areas
Malaria
Diarrhoeal diseases
Respiratory Infections
Other communicable diseases
CSM, Schistosomiasis, Filariasis
Reproductive health issues Scientific staff of the NHRC •Epidemiologists • Statisticians • Biologists • Demographers • Social Scientists • Health Economists • Clinicians Completed Trials/Studies I Vitamin A Supplementation Trial
Bednet Trial
Malaria Attack Rate Studies
Etaquine Trial
Malarial Case Control Study
Artesunate Trial
IPTi & IPTp Completed Trials/Studies II CHFP FGM Maternal Health Study Azithromycin/Chloroquine Studies Meningitis Vaccine Trial IPTi Acceptability Malaria RDT Studies Rotateq Trial Ongoing Trials/Studies I Malarial epidemiological studies
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Surveillance
Human Rotavirus Vaccine Trial (RRV-TV)
ASRH
Schistosomiasis
Meningitis vaccine trial II
INESS
Normal Values Study On-going studies/Trials II
MoTech
Qualmat The Navrongo HDSS The Navrongo HDSS The success of all completed and ongoing projects is facilitated by the existence of the Navrongo HDSS.
Fieldworkers visit each household periodically to collect and update the socio-demographic information of each individual.
Information collected include births, deaths, pregnancies, migrations, vaccination, education, among others
Verbal autopsies are also conducted on all deaths to ascertain the probable causes of deaths of the people. Population levels and trend
Population continues to Population levels and trend grow though not consistent. 152000 150000 The growth rate has been 148000 146000 less than 1% over the years. 144000 142000
140000
This has been due to the Po138000 p u latio n 136000 high net out migration from 134000 the district 132000
7 8 2 3 6 7 /9 9 /00 /01 /0 0 /05 /0 0 /09 6 9 0 1 4 5 8 9 97/ 98/999 0 0 02/ 03/040 0 06/ 07/080
Years Neonatal, infant and child mortality rates
Levels and trend in mortality, 1996-2009
Trends in all three have 250 200 been on the decline. 150
100
The decline is prominent 50 Rate (per 1000) in the infant and under 0
7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 /9 /9 0 0 0 0 /0 /0 6/ 7 8 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6 7 five. 9 9 9 99/00 00/01 01/02 0 0 0 0 0 0 08/09
Year
Neonatal Infant Under five
Collaborations The Ghana Health Service
District Health Management Team
Other HDSS sites
The INDEPTH Network
Chief, opinion leaders and community members
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