Mrema S Kante AM Levira F Mono A Irema K de Savigny D Masanja H 2015 The Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) was established in October 1998 to evaluate the impact on burden of disease of health system reforms based on locally generated data, prioritization, resource allocation and planning for essential health interventions. The Rufiji HDSS collects detailed information on health and survival and provides a framework for population-based health research of relevance to local and national health priorities.In December 2012 the population under surveillance was about 105,503 people, residing in 19,315 households. Monitoring of households and members within households is undertaken in regular 6-month cycles known as 'rounds'. Self reported information is collected on demographic, household, socioeconomic and geographical characteristics. Verbal autopsy is conducted using standardized questionnaires, to determine probable causes of death. In conjunction with core HDSS activities, the ongoing studies in Rufiji HDSS focus on maternal and new-born health, evaluation of safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) exposure in early pregnancy and the clinical safety of a fixed dose of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP) in the community. Findings of studies conducted in Rufiji HDSS can be accessed at www.ihi.or.tz/IHI-Digital-Library. application/pdf https://sonar.ch/global/documents/72941 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1093/ije/dyv018 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/25747869 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess International journal of epidemiology. - 2015 Demography INDEPTH net-work Rufiji Tanzania cause of death fertility migration mortality verbal autopsy Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Child Child Mortality Child, Preschool Cost of Illness Data Collection Demography Emigration and Immigration Epidemiological Monitoring Female Food Supply Forecasting Health Care Reform Health Services Research Health Status Humans Infant Male Middle Aged Pregnancy Pregnancy Rate Residence Characteristics Sex Distribution Socioeconomic Factors Tanzania Young Adult Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Rufiji Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Rufiji HDSS). http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501