HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

• Main Authors: P. Kim Streatfield (Author), Wasif A. Khan (Author), Abbas Bhuiya (Author), Syed M.A. Hanifi (Author), Nurul Alam (Author), Ourohiré Millogo (Author), Ali Sié (Author), Pascal Zabré (Author), Clementine Rossier (Author), Abdramane B. Soura (Author), Bassirou Bonfoh (Author), Siaka Kone (Author), Eliezer K. Ngoran (Author), Juerg Utzinger (Author), Semaw F. Abera (Author), Yohannes A. Melaku (Author), Berhe Weldearegawi (Author), Pierre Gomez (Author), Momodou Jasseh (Author), Patrick Ansah (Author), Daniel Azongo (Author), Felix Kondayire (Author), Abraham Oduro (Author), Alberta Amu (Author), Margaret Gyapong (Author), Odette Kwarteng (Author), Shashi Kant (Author), Chandrakant S. Pandav (Author), Sanjay K. Rai (Author), Sanjay Juvekar (Author), Veena Muralidharan (Author), Abdul Wahab (Author), Siswanto Wilopo (Author), Evasius Bauni (Author), George Mochamah (Author), Carolyne Ndila (Author), Thomas N. Williams (Author), Sammy Khagayi (Author), Kayla F. Laserson (Author), Amek Nyaguara (Author), Anna M. Van Eijk (Author), Alex Ezeh (Author), Catherine Kyobutungi (Author), Marylene Wamukoya (Author), Menard Chihana (Author), Amelia Crampin (Author), Alison Price (Author), Valérie Delaunay (Author), Aldiouma Diallo (Author), Laetitia Douillot (Author), Cheikh Sokhna (Author), F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé (Author), Paul Mee (Author), Stephen M. Tollman (Author), Kobus Herbst (Author), Joël Mossong (Author), Nguyen T.K. Chuc (Author), Samuelina S. Arthur (Author), Osman A. Sankoh (Author), Peter Byass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: As the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved over recent decades, Africa has been the most affected region, even though a large proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths have not been documented at the individual level. Systematic application of verbal autopsy (VA) methods in defined populations provides an...