South African child deaths 1990-2011: Have HIV services reversed the trend enough to meet Millennium Development Goal 4?

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2637-2648

  Kerber, Kate J ^a,b,c   Lawn, Joy E ^b,c,d   Johnson, Leigh F ^e   Mahy, Mary ^f   Dorrington, Rob E ^e   Phillips, Heston ^g   Bradshaw, Debbie ^h   Nannan, Nadine ^h   Msemburi, William ^h   Oestergaard, Mikkel Z ⁱ   Walker, Neff P ^j   Sanders, David ^a   Jackson, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^c Child Health Epidemiology Reference Group   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^g Medical Research Council ^*  (South Africa)

^h SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

AIDS models; child mortality; epidemiology; Millennium Development Goals; neonatal mortality; prevention of mother to child transmission; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NEVIRAPINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84885419904     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000432987.53271.40     Document Type: Article

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