Union Africa Region

This website offers news from The Union offices and members in this region. You will also find here contact information, upcoming events and links to the websites of Union member organisations.

Village death registers yield data on ART impact in Malawi

Friday, 21 October 2011 13:21

Village registers of births and deaths provided vital health data for a study conducted by Médecins sans Frontières—Brussels, The Union and district authorities in Malawi. Data from registers recording deaths in 210 villages from 2000 to 2007 were triangulated with data of coffin sales and church funerals, and showed a highly significant linear downward trend in death rates as the percentage of people living with HIV/AIDS enrolled into HIV care and ART increased. The results of this study were published in May 2010 in PLOS One and an article about the project recently appeared in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Adult mortality in the cities of Bulawayo and Harare, Zimbabwe: 1979–2008

Friday, 21 October 2011 10:24
The effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the impact of HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) on death rates in two large cities in Zimbabwe have been described for the first time. The collaborative study conducted by the Health Services Departments of the Cities of Bulawayo and Harare and The Union covers the 30-year period since the beginning of the epidemic.
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New directions for the IHC programme in DR Congo

Tuesday, 17 May 2011 09:48
Based in part on the success of The Union’s IHC programme TB/HIV activities, the DR Congo Ministry of Health has created a TB/HIV working group with The Union as a secretariat member. This group has developed a TB/HIV roadmap for the country, including three research projects that are now integrated into the IHC project activities.
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