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Published on in Vol 15 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/89292, first published .
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Community Health and Demographic Surveillance System for Noncommunicable Disease Epidemiology Among Adults in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe, 2024-2029: Protocol for a Longitudinal Surveillance Study

Community Health and Demographic Surveillance System for Noncommunicable Disease Epidemiology Among Adults in Rural and Urban Zimbabwe, 2024-2029: Protocol for a Longitudinal Surveillance Study

Richard Makurumidze   1 , MBChB, MPH, PhD ;   Terrence Rudado Musekiwa   1, 2 , MBChB, MPH ;   Justice Mudavanhu   2 , MBChB, MPH ;   Newten Handireketi   2, 3 , MSc ;   Manes Munyanyi   2 , MSc ;   Cremance Tshuma   2 , MBChB, MPH ;   Marvellous Mhloyi   4 , MA, PhD ;   Justen Manasa   1 , PhD ;   Jonathan Arthur Matenga   1 , MBChB, MRCP, MMedSc ;   Simbarashe Rusakaniko   1 , BSc, MSc, DPhil

1 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

2 Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, Harare, Zimbabwe

3 Department of Health Sciences, Bindura University of Science Education, Bindura, Zimbabwe

4 Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Corresponding Author:

  • Richard Makurumidze, MBChB, MPH, PhD
  • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe
  • Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals Complex, Mazowe Street
  • Harare
  • Zimbabwe
  • Phone: 263 772759296
  • Email: rmakurumidze@medsch.uz.ac.zw