Adult mortality and antiretroviral treatment roll-out in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Adult mortality and antiretroviral treatment roll-out in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

OBJECTIVE: To investigate trends in adult mortality in a population serviced by a public-sector antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme in rural South Africa using a demographic surveillance system. METHODS: Verbal autopsies were conducted for all 7930 deaths observed between January 2000 and Decembe...

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Main Authors: Abraham J Herbst, Graham S Cooke, Till Bärnighausen, Angelique KanyKany, Frank Tanser, Marie-Louise Newell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2009-10-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009001000011&lng=en&tlng=en

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