Migration and first-year maternal mortality among HIV-positive postpartum women: A population-based longitudinal study in rural South Africa
ConclusionsIn this study, we found that a substantial portion of peripartum women moved within the country around the time of delivery and experienced a significantly higher risk of mortality. Despite the scale-up of universal ART and declining trends in maternal mortality, there is an urgent need to derive a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying this finding and to develop targeted interventions for mobile HIV-positive peripartum women.
Source: PLoS Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Hae-Young Kim Source Type: research
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