Mass HIV Treatment and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy: Demographic Surveillance in Rural South Africa.

<h4>Background</h4>Women have better patient outcomes in HIV care and treatment than men in sub-Saharan Africa. We assessed--at the population level--whether and to what extent mass HIV treatment is associated with changes in sex disparities in adult life expectancy, a summary metric of...

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Main Authors: Jacob Bor, Sydney Rosen, Natsayi Chimbindi, Noah Haber, Kobus Herbst, Tinofa Mutevedzi, Frank Tanser, Deenan Pillay, Till Bärnighausen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001905