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HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites.
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P Kim StreatfieldMatlab HDSS, Bangladesh; International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh; INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana.
Wasif A KhanInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh; INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Bandarban HDSS, Bangladesh.
Abbas BhuiyaINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Chakaria HDSS, Bangladesh; Centre for Equity and Health Systems, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
Syed M A HanifiINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Chakaria HDSS, Bangladesh; Centre for Equity and Health Systems, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
Nurul AlamINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; AMK HDSS, Bangladesh; Centre for Population, Urbanisation and Climate Change, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
Ourohiré MillogoINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso; Nouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso.
Ali SiéINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso; Nouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso.
Pascal ZabréINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Nouna HDSS, Burkina Faso; Nouna Health Research Centre, Nouna, Burkina Faso.
Clementine RossierINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Ouagadougou HDSS, Burkina Faso; Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Institut d'Études Démographique et du parcours de vie, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland.
Abdramane B SouraINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Ouagadougou HDSS, Burkina Faso; Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Bassirou BonfohINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire; , Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Siaka KoneINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire; , Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Eliezer K NgoranINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire; , Université Félix Houphoët-Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
Juerg UtzingerINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Taabo HDSS, Côte d'Ivoire; , Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
Semaw F AberaINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kilite-Awlaelo HDSS, Ethiopia; Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Yohannes A MelakuINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kilite-Awlaelo HDSS, Ethiopia; Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Berhe WeldearegawiINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kilite-Awlaelo HDSS, Ethiopia; Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
Pierre GomezINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Farafenni HDSS, The Gambia; Medical Research Council, The Gambia Unit, Fajara, The Gambia.
Momodou JassehINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Farafenni HDSS, The Gambia; Medical Research Council, The Gambia Unit, Fajara, The Gambia.
Patrick AnsahINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Navrongo HDSS, Ghana; Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana.
Daniel AzongoINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Navrongo HDSS, Ghana; Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana.
Felix KondayireINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Navrongo HDSS, Ghana; Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana.
Abraham OduroINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Navrongo HDSS, Ghana; Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana.
Alberta AmuINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Dodowa HDSS, Ghana; Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana.
Margaret GyapongINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Dodowa HDSS, Ghana; Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana.
Odette KwartengINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Dodowa HDSS, Ghana; Dodowa Health Research Centre, Dodowa, Ghana.
Shashi KantINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Ballabgarh HDSS, India; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Chandrakant S PandavINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Ballabgarh HDSS, India; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sanjay K RaiINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Ballabgarh HDSS, India; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sanjay JuvekarINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Vadu HDSS, India; Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
Veena MuralidharanINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Vadu HDSS, India; Vadu Rural Health Program, KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune, India.
Abdul WahabINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Purworejo HDSS, Indonesia; Department of Public Health, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Siswanto WilopoINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Purworejo HDSS, Indonesia; Department of Public Health, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Evasius BauniINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kilifi HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
George MochamahINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kilifi HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
Carolyne NdilaINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kilifi HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
Thomas N WilliamsINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kilifi HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya; Department of Medicine, Imperial College, St. Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Sammy KhagayiINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kisumu HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health Research, Kisumu, Kenya.
Kayla F LasersonINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kisumu HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health Research, Kisumu, Kenya.
Amek NyaguaraINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kisumu HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health Research, Kisumu, Kenya.
Anna M Van EijkINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Kisumu HDSS, Kenya; KEMRI/CDC Research and Public Health Collaboration and KEMRI Center for Global Health Research, Kisumu, Kenya.
Alex EzehINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Nairobi HDSS, Kenya; African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Catherine KyobutungiINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Nairobi HDSS, Kenya; African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Marylene WamukoyaINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Nairobi HDSS, Kenya; African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Menard ChihanaINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Karonga HDSS, Malawi; African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Amelia CrampinINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Karonga HDSS, Malawi; Karonga Prevention Study, Chilumba, Malawi; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Alison PriceINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Karonga HDSS, Malawi; Karonga Prevention Study, Chilumba, Malawi; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Valérie DelaunayINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Niakhar HDSS, Senegal; Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal.
Aldiouma DialloINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Niakhar HDSS, Senegal; Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal.
Laetitia DouillotINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Niakhar HDSS, Senegal; Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal.
Cheikh SokhnaINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Niakhar HDSS, Senegal; Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal.
F Xavier Gómez-OlivéINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Agincourt HDSS, South Africa; MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Paul MeeINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Agincourt HDSS, South Africa; MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Stephen M TollmanINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Agincourt HDSS, South Africa; Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Dakar, Sénégal; Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Kobus HerbstINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Africa Centre HDSS, South Africa; Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Joël MossongINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; Africa Centre HDSS, South Africa; Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Somkhele, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; National Health Laboratory, Surveillance & Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Dudelange, Luxembourg.
Nguyen T K ChucINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; FilaBavi HDSS, Vietnam; Health System Research, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Samuelina S ArthurINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana.
Osman A SankohINDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana; FilaBavi HDSS, Vietnam; Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam; osman.sankoh@indepth-network.org.
Peter ByassMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; WHO Collaborating Centre for Verbal Autopsy, Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, Umeå University, Sweden.
Indepth Network · GHKenya Medical Research Institute · KEAfrican Population and Health Research Center · KECentre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna · BFHanoi Medical University · VNInstitut de Recherche pour le Développement · SNInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDNavrongo Health Research Centre · GHUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZAAgincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System · ZAKenya Forest Service · KEMekelle University · ETMoving the GoalPosts · KESt Mary's Hospital · GBSwiss Centre for Scientific Research · CIUmeå University · SEUniversitas Gadjah Mada · IDUniversity of Geneva · CHUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA
Funding
IMPROVING HIV/AIDS/STI/TB RELATED PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE &SERVIE DELIVERYU22PS022179 · PS · ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION · PI NEGASH, ASHENAFI · 2002 to 2007
$4.2MMedical Research Council MC_UP_A900_1123NCHHSTP CDC HHS 5U22/PS022179_10NCHHSTP CDC HHS U22 PS022179Wellcome Trust 058893/Z/99/AWellcome Trust 069683/Z/02/ZWellcome Trust 084538Wellcome Trust 085477/Z/08/ZWellcome Trust 091758Wellcome Trust 097318Wellcome Trust 098610Wellcome Trust 101594Wellcome Trust WT081993MA
Abstract
backgroundAs the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved over recent decades, Africa has been the most affected region, even though a large proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths have not been documented at the individual level. Systematic application of verbal autopsy (VA) methods in defined populations provides an opportunity to assess the mortality burden of the pandemic from individual data.
objectiveTo present standardised comparisons of HIV/AIDS-related mortality at sites across Africa and Asia, including closely related causes of death such as pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and pneumonia.
designDeaths related to HIV/AIDS were extracted from individual demographic and VA data from 22 INDEPTH sites across Africa and Asia. VA data were standardised to WHO 2012 standard causes of death assigned using the InterVA-4 model. Between-site comparisons of mortality rates were standardised using the INDEPTH 2013 standard population.
resultsThe dataset covered a total of 10,773 deaths attributed to HIV/AIDS, observed over 12,204,043 person-years. HIV/AIDS-related mortality fractions and mortality rates varied widely across Africa and Asia, with highest burdens in eastern and southern Africa, and lowest burdens in Asia. There was evidence of rapidly declining rates at the sites with the heaviest burdens. HIV/AIDS mortality was also strongly related to PTB mortality. On a country basis, there were strong similarities between HIV/AIDS mortality rates at INDEPTH sites and those derived from modelled estimates.
conclusionsMeasuring HIV/AIDS-related mortality continues to be a challenging issue, all the more so as anti-retroviral treatment programmes alleviate mortality risks. The congruence between these results and other estimates adds plausibility to both approaches. These data, covering some of the highest mortality observed during the pandemic, will be an important baseline for understanding the future decline of HIV/AIDS.
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Cause of DeathAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdolescentAdultAfricaAgedAsiaAutopsyChildChild, PreschoolDatabases, FactualData CollectionDemographyFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansAfricaAsiaHIV/AIDSINDEPTH NetworkInterVAMortalitytuberculosisVerbal Autopsy
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