Open AccessMaternal HIV Status Associated With Under-Five Mortality in Rural Northern Malawi
Author(s) -
Menard Chihana,
Alison Price,
Sian Floyd,
Sebastian Mboma,
Hazzie Mvula,
Keith Branson,
Jacqueline Saul,
Basia Żaba,
Neil French,
Amelia C. Crampin,
Judith R. Glynn
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000405
Subject(s) - medicine , verbal autopsy , pediatrics , mortality rate , child mortality , infant mortality , confidence interval , cause of death , population , demography , obstetrics , surgery , environmental health , disease , sociology
Under-five mortality is decreasing but with little change in neonatal mortality rates. We examined the effect of maternal HIV status on under-five mortality and cause of death since widespread availability of antiretroviral therapy in rural Malawi.