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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: HEALTH
2013 Non-infectious diseases pose an economic threat to healthcare
No country can afford the economic burden placed on its health system by the rise in non-communicable diseases not even the rich ones procla...
2013 Stunting, overweight and obesity in the very young: two sides of the coin
Nutrition, in general, is an important prerequisite to both individual and national development. More specifically, nutrition early in life ...
2013 A decade of tobacco control: the South African case of politics, health policy, health promotion and behaviour change
The South African (SA) government has implemented comprehensive tobacco control measures in line with the requirements of the Framework Con...
Download this report2013 Collecting maternal health information from HIV-positive pregnant women using mobile phone-assisted face-to-face interviews in southern Africa
Background: Most of the world's women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reside in sub-Saharan Africa. Although efforts to reduc...
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