DISEASE AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY (CDC) : REVISION NO. 7

THREE WEST AFR COUNTRIES WILL PARTICIPATE - NIGERIA,UPPER VOLTA,AND A 3RD COUNTRY TO BE SELECTED. PROJ WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH A PASA WITH US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE/CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL (CDS). ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN MINISTRY OF HEALTH (MOH) OF EACH COUNTRY TO COLLECT & ANALYZE DATA. EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON TESTING DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFICULT-TO-REACH RURAL AREAS. CLUSTER SAMPLING TECHNIQUE WILL BE USED IN WHICH A SET OF SMALL HOUSEHOLD SAMPLES IS SELECTTTTAS REPRESENTATIVE OF ENTIRE RURAL SECTOR. OVER 200 SAMPLE SITES IN THE 3 COUNTRIES WILL BE MAPPED,ENUMERATED AND SURVEYED. SURVEYS WILL COVER VITAL EVENTS,FERTILITY,POPULATION CHANGE & SELECTED DISEASES. SPECIAL,NON-RANDOM SURVEYS WILL BE MADE FOR CERTAIN DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH VARIABLE GEOGRAPHIC,CLIMATIC AND BIOLOGICAL FEATURES (SUCH AS SLEEPING SICKNESS AND RIVER BLINDNESS). FOLLOWING DATA COLLECTION, CDC WILL ASSIST MINISTRIES OF HEALTH TO SELECT AND FORMULATE PILOT POPULATION & FAMILY PLNNG PROGRAMS. THESE PROPOSALS,IF APPROVED BY AID,WILL BE FUNDED SEPARATELY. CDC ADVISORS WILL PROVIDE ON-JOB TRAINING TO ALL CATEGORIES OF FIELD,LABORATORY,STATISTICAL,ANALYTIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL. PARTICIPANT TRAINING WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED FOR COUNTERPART PROJ DIRECTORS AND STATISTICIANS AT CDC IN ATLANTA. FINALLY, TO PERMIT PROJ"S REPLICATION,CDS WILL PUBLISH MANUAL OF PROCEDURES DESCRIBING ORGANIZATIONAL AND PERSONNEL STRUCTURE,SAMPLING METHODOLOGY,DEMOGRAPHIC AND MEDICAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS,VALIDATION TECHNIQUES,ANALYTIC PROCESSES AND SURVEY FORMS USED. USAID WILL ALSO PROVIDE VEHICLES,MEDICAL & LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT. HOST-COUNTRIES WILL DEFRAY SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF PERSONNEL COSTS NECESSARY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE SURVEYS. PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES ARE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PERSONNEL IN THE 3 PARTICIPATING LDC"S.