Mortality rate among HIV-positive children on ART in Northwest Ethiopia: a historical cohort study.
Animut AlebelEshetu Haileselassie EngedaMengistu Mekonnen KelkayPammla PetruckaGetiye Dejenu KibretFasil WagnewGetnet AsmareZebenay Workneh BitewDaniel Bekele KetemaGetnet GedifBelisty TemesgenYitbarek Tenaw HibstieMamaru Wubale MelkamuSetegn EshetiePublished in: BMC public health (2020)
A higher rate of mortality was observed in our study as compared to previous Ethiopian studies. HIV-positive children presenting with anemia, OIs, severe immunodeficiency, advanced disease staging (III and IV), severe stunting, and severe wasting were at higher risk of mortality.