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Review

Levels and Trends of Adult Mortality

Debbie Bradshaw, Ian M. Timaeus
Dean T Jamison, Richard G Feachem, Malegapuru W Makgoba, Eduard R Bos, Florence K Baingana, Karen J Hofman, Khama O Rogo
, editors.
In: Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. 2nd edition. Washington (DC): The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank; 2006. Chapter 4.
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Levels and Trends of Adult Mortality

Debbie Bradshaw et al.
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Excerpt

Adult mortality remains a neglected public health issue in Sub-Saharan Africa. A lack of empirical data about the levels of mortality experienced by adults in this region has fueled this neglect, combined with the focus on maternal and child health, which has the highest incidence of disease and subsequent mortality. This picture is changing. The high mortality of adults in the African region is now being recognized more widely, and a response has begun to emerge, particularly with regard to the impact of the AIDS epidemic and high mortality due to malaria.

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