Background Completeness of vital registration remains very low in sub-Saharan Africa,
especially in rural areas. Objectives To investigate trends and factors in completeness of …

Background Verbal autopsy (VA) is a health surveillance technique used in low and middle-
income countries to establish medical causes of death (CODs) for people who die outside …

Abstract The 2011 South African national census shows a cohort of young adults comprising
an increasing share of the population. This finding is borne out in longitudinal data from the …

METHODS: We use longitudinal data from the Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic
Surveillance System (HDSS) in rural northeast South Africa from non-migrant women aged …

Rural-to-urban migration is a significant driver of urbanization in the developing world. The
motivations for rural-to-urban migration typically include economic and educational …

Background Literature is limited on the effects of high prevalence HIV on fertility in the
absence of treatment, and the effects of the introduction of sustained access to antiretroviral …

Vital registration is a key element of modern societies and necessary for functioning of the
rule of law. Birth and death certificates are necessary to guarantee numerous rights and …

Objective The literature on the impact of internal migration on under-five mortality in sub-
Saharan Africa has been limited. This study examined the impact of internal migration on …

Background South Africa faces a complex burden of disease consisting of infectious and
non–communicable conditions, injury and interpersonal violence, and maternal and child …

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in South Africa rapidly developed into a
major pandemic. Here we analyse the development of the epidemic in a rural area of the …