Child mortality in rural Malawi: HIV closes the survival gap between the socio-economic strata.

As HIV-related deaths increase in a population the usual association between low socioeconomic status and child mortality may change, particularly as death rates from other causes decline.As part of a demographic surveillance system in northern Malawi in 2002-6, covering a population of 32,000, info...

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Main Authors: Andreas Jahn, Sian Floyd, Nuala McGrath, Amelia C Crampin, Lackson Kachiwanda, Venance Mwinuka, Basia Zaba, Paul E M Fine, Judith R Glynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2893132?pdf=render