Declining child mortality in northern Malawi despite high rates of infection with HIV;Baisse de la mortalité infantile dans le Nord du Malawi malgré les taux élevés d'infection par le VIH

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 746-753

  Jahn, A ^a   Floyd, S ^a   Crampin, A C ^a   Mvula, H ^b   Mwinuka, V ^b   Mwaiyeghele, E ^b   McGrath, N ^a   Zaba, B ^a   Fine, P E M ^a   Glynn, J R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN SEPSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCHOOL CHILD; STILLBIRTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALAWI; MATERNAL WELFARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MALAWI;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77957849773     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.09.075085     Document Type: Article

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