Estimating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on adult mortality trends in South Africa: A mathematical modelling study.

BACKGROUND:Substantial reductions in adult mortality have been observed in South Africa since the mid-2000s, but there has been no formal evaluation of how much of this decline is attributable to the scale-up of antiretroviral treatment (ART), as previous models have not been calibrated to vital reg...

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Main Authors: Leigh F Johnson, Margaret T May, Rob E Dorrington, Morna Cornell, Andrew Boulle, Matthias Egger, Mary-Ann Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-12-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5726614?pdf=render