CGPH FACULTY: Art Reingold
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2011
REGION: Latin America
REFERENCE: Veras MA, Ribeiro MC, Jamal LF, McFarland W, Bastos FI, Ribeiro KB, Barata RB, Moraes JC, Reingold AL. The “AMA-Brazil” cooperative project: a nation-wide assessment of the clinical and epidemiological profile of AIDS-related deaths in Brazil in the antiretroviral treatment era. Cad Saude Publica. 2011;27 Suppl 1:S104-13.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to assess the profile of AIDS-related deaths in the post antiretroviral therapy (ART) scale up period in Brazil. A case-control study was conducted including a nationally probabilistic sample of AIDS deaths and living controls. Data were abstracted from medical records and nation-wide databases of AIDS cases, mortality, ART care, and laboratory testing. Being an injecting drug user (IDU) had a borderline association with higher odds of death, while homo/bisexual exposure showed a protective effect. Despite remarkable successes, Brazilians continue to die of AIDS in the post-ART scale up period. Many factors contributing to continued mortality are preventable.
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