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. 2017 Apr 1;46(2):e13.
doi: 10.1093/ije/dyv206.

Cohort Profile: The Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS)-a platform for integrated research and health care provision in rural Gambia

Branwen J Hennig  1   2 , Stefan A Unger  1   3 , Bai Lamin Dondeh  1 , Jahid Hassan  1 , Sophie Hawkesworth  1   2   4 , Landing Jarjou  1 , Kerry S Jones  4 , Sophie E Moore  1   2   4 , Helen M Nabwera  1 , Mohammed Ngum  1 , Ann Prentice  1   4 , Bakary Sonko  1 , Andrew M Prentice  1   2 , Anthony J Fulford  1   2
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Cohort Profile: The Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS)-a platform for integrated research and health care provision in rural Gambia

Branwen J Hennig et al. Int J Epidemiol. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Map of the study area. The Kiang West district is located in the lower river division in The Gambia. Initial surveys were conducted in the core villages—Keneba, Manduar, KantongKunda and Jali (dark grey circles). The MRC Keneba field station now serves all villages in the district (light grey circles) captured by the KW Demographic Surveillance System (KWDSS). There are also two small government health centres (squares labelled M). A midwife is stationed in Jiffarong and the nearest hospital is in Bwiam (square labelled H) outside the district on the main road to the coast, respectively (for more details see Supplementary materials, available as Supplementary data at IJE online).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Schematic representation of time lines of data collection in Kiang West. Studies and surveys, especially those since 2000, are contained within the Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS) electronic databases.
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Figure 3.
Database structure and data flow for the Kiang West Longitudinal Population Study (KWLPS) cohort. For further details on the KWLPS databases see Supplementary materials (available as Supplementary data at IJE online).
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