Open AccessSteep declines in population-level AIDS mortality following the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Georges Reniers,
Tekebash Araya,
Gail Davey,
Nico Nagelkerke,
Yemane Berhane,
Roel A. Coutinho,
Eduard J. Sanders
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e32832403d0
Subject(s) - antiretroviral therapy , medicine , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , virology , environmental health , viral load , sociology
Assessments of population-level effects of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes in Africa are rare. We use data from burial sites to estimate trends in adult AIDS mortality and the mitigating effects of ART in Addis Ababa. ART has been available since 2003, and for free since 2005.