Background Understanding the effects of socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes is
important to implement specific preventive actions. We assessed socioeconomic disparities …

The HIV pandemic has led to dramatic increases and inequalities in adult mortality, and the
diffusion of antiretroviral treatment, together with demographic and socioeconomic shifts in …

Abstract Background Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010
results show continued limitations of data quality and availability in most of the African …

Objective To provide a broad and up‐to‐date picture of the effect of antiretroviral therapy
(ART) provision on population‐level mortality in Southern and East Africa. Methods Data on …

Abstract Post-apartheid South Africa has seen an unprecedented rise and fall of mortality in
less than two decades as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the subsequent rollout of …

Background The poor health of South Africans is known to be associated with a quadruple
disease burden. In the second National Burden of Disease (NBD) study, we aimed to …

Objective: To examine mortality differentials in HIV-infected and uninfected adults by
demographic characteristics and the effect of non-testing on the level and pattern of age-sex …

Background Antiretroviral treatment (ART) has significantly reduced HIV mortality in South
Africa. The benefits have not been experienced by all groups. Here we investigate the …

Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) substantially decreases morbidity and mortality in
people living with HIV. In this study, we describe population-level trends in the adult life …

Summary 15 years after its first democratic election, South Africa is in the midst of a profound
health transition that is characterised by a quadruple burden of communicable, non …