Medical survey data to monitor trends in HIV epidemiology and assess the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and associated factors in Central Uganda

An anonymized dataset containing survey responses of 6808 adults, aged 16 or more years, in the General Population Cohort of Central Uganda. Longitudinal data was collected through bi-annual medical surveys to monitor trends in HIV epidemiology, and assess the prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and associated factors. Variables include socio-demographic information, update of HPV Vaccination, knowledge of HIV, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, COVID-19 symptoms, the effect of COVID-19 lockdown on health service outcomes, anthropometric measurements, and HIV status. Files will be made available via https://apps.mrcuganda.org/mrcdatavisibility/Home/

Additional Information

Data and associated files are held by the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit and will be made available via https://apps.mrcuganda.org/mrcdatavisibility/Home/. No files are held in the LSHTM data repository.

Keywords

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, non-communicable diseases, human papillomavirus, Alcohol consumption, Tobacco use, COVID-19, Uganda