Mortality in children aged <5 years with severe acute respiratory illness in a high HIV-prevalence urban and rural areas of South Africa, 2009-2013.
Oluwatosin A AyeniSibongile WalazaStefano TempiaMichelle GroomeKathleen KahnShabir A MadhiAdam L CohenJocelyn MoyesMarietjie VenterMarthi PretoriusFlorette Kathleen TreurnichtOrienka HellfersceeAnne von GottbergNicole WolterCheryl CohenPublished in: PloS one (2021)
We found that the case-fatality proportion was substantially higher among children admitted to rural hospitals and HIV infected children with SARI in South Africa. While efforts to prevent and treat HIV infections in children may reduce SARI deaths, further efforts to address health care inequality in rural populations are needed.