Remarkable global progress has been made in reducing the under-five children mortality
rate since 1990: from 93 deaths per 1000 live births in 1990 to 38 in 2019 (59% declined) …

Background In sub-Saharan Africa many children live in extreme poverty and experience a
burden of illness and disease that is disproportionately high. The emergence of HIV and …

Objective: To analyse trends in under-five mortality rate in South Africa (1990–2011),
particularly the contribution of AIDS deaths. Methods: Three nationally used models for …

Objectives: South Africa has among the highest levels of HIV prevalence in the world. Our
objectives are to describe the distribution of South African infant and child mortality by age at …

Background After a decade of focused efforts to reduce under-5 mortality results have been
mixed, with the HIV/AIDS epidemic often used to explain reversing trends. We investigated …

Abstract Introduction The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
projections of paediatric HIV prevalence and deaths rely on the International epidemiology …

Objective: To measure mortality incidence rates and incidence rate ratios (IRR) in
adolescents and youth living with perinatally acquired HIV (YPHIV) compared with those …

Excessive childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa is a tragic and familiar story. In the
1970s, 120% of children in Africa died before reaching 5 years of age, a rate higher than that …

Objective: To implement a standardized cause of death reporting and review process to
systematically disaggregate causes of HIV-related deaths in a cohort of Asian children and …

Abstract Background The IeDEA West Africa Pediatric Working Group (pWADA) was
established in January 2007 to study the care and treatment of HIV-infected children in this …