A comparison of death recording by health centres and civil registration in South Africans receiving antiretroviral treatment

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Johnson, Leigh F ^a   Dorrington, Rob E ^a   Laubscher, Ria ^b   Hoffmann, Christopher J ^c,d   Wood, Robin ^a   Fox, Matthew P ^e,f   Cornell, Morna ^a   Schomaker, Michael ^a   Prozesky, Hans ^g   Tanser, Frank ^h   Davies, Mary Ann ^a   Boulle, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; South Africa; Vital statistics registration

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDENTITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SOUTH AFRICAN; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959248894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.18.1.20628     Document Type: Article

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