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Rapid Mortality Mobile Phone Surveys Training- RaMMPS

Posted on Mar 29, 2023 at 15:15

IPOR conducted a 3-day refresher interviewer training for the Rapid Mortality Mobile Phone Surveys - RaMMPS. The project focuses on collecting data on the impact of Covid-19 in Malawi. RAMMPS gathers data in settings where mortality surveillance systems are weak or interrupted.

The RaMMPS aims to collect excess mortality during Covid-19 in Malawi. The study collects data on Covid-19 vaccinations, household death,  parental death, adult death and child death. 

The study is being implemented in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), New York University- Abu Dhabi and Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU).

Apart from those collaborators, IPOR is also working with data analysts and psychosocial counsellor from the University of Malawi. The study started in 2022 and is expected to end in June 2023.

RaMMPS is a mobile phone survey and data is being collected by calling random selected mobile subscribers across Malawi. Individuals aged 18 to 64 are asked to participate in the study. The study would like to interview 20, 000 mobile subscribers.