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Title The AIDS epidemic and infant and child mortality in six districts of Uganda
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41175
Date 1997
Author(s) Ntozi, James P. M.; Nakanaabi, Immaculate M.
Abstract Several studies in sub-Saharan Africa have associated infant and child mortality with the AIDS epidemic in the region. The paper uses retrospective survey data of six districts in the east, south and west of Uganda to study infant and child mortality, which increased in the 1980s probably because of the AIDS epidemic and started declining in the early 1990s, a period when the epidemic was reported to be subsiding. Deeper analysis of data indicates that children whose parents are polygamous, educated, formally employed and in business are at a higher risk of death from AIDS and related illness. Although AIDS as a direct cause of death is the fourth leading killer of children, other serious diseases such as diarrhoea, respiratory infection and measles are associated with AIDS. - no
Subject(s) infant mortality; child mortality; Uganda; AIDS; HIV; child survival; children's health; mdcn-epdm; mdcn-pblc
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 53272 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier Suppl.; 189-205; Health Transition Review; 7; 1997; 484
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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