Using HIV-attributable mortality to assess the impact of antiretroviral therapy on adult mortality in rural Tanzania

• Main Authors: Chifundo Kanjala (Author), Denna Michael (Author), Jim Todd (Author), Emma Slaymaker (Author), Clara Calvert (Author), Raphael Isingo (Author), Alison Wringe (Author), Basia Zaba (Author), Mark Urassa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The Tanzanian national HIV care and treatment programme has provided free antiretroviral therapy (ART) to HIV-positive persons since 2004. ART has been available to participants of the Kisesa open cohort study since 2005, but data to 2007 showed a slow uptake of ART and a modest impact o...