非洲艾滋病毒发展援助和成人死亡率
Eran Bendavid1, Charles B Holmes, Jay Bhattacharya
1Division of General Medical Disciplines, Center for Health Policy, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA. ebd@stanford.edu
JAMA
|June 6, 2012
概括
像PEPFAR这样的全球卫生倡议可能会降低成人死亡率. 在2004年至2008年期间,焦点国家与非焦点国家相比,成年人死亡率下降得更大.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
背景情况:
- 大规模的全球卫生倡议对人口健康的影响仍然不确定.
- 美国总统艾滋病救援紧急计划 (PEPFAR) 是一项以艾滋病为重点的重大全球卫生倡议,在2003年至2008年期间在12个非洲国家密集运作.
- 在此之前,PEPFAR对成人总体死亡率的影响是未知的.
研究的目的:
- 调查PEPFAR密集行动与焦点国家和地区成人死亡率变化之间的关联.
- 为了确定PEPFAR的存在是否与成年人因任何原因死亡率的相对降低相关.
主要方法:
- 利用来自非洲27个国家的人口和健康调查的个人级别数据 (PEPFAR重点9个,非重点18个) 从1998-2008年.
- 进行了跨国分析,比较焦点与非焦点国家的成年死亡率.
- 在坦桑尼亚和卢旺达进行了地方分析,使用差异差异方法将死亡率与PEPFAR的计划强度相关联.
主要成果:
- 分析了1,538,612名成年人的数据,其中包括60,303例死亡.
- 在2004-2008年期间,PEPFAR重点国家与非重点国家相比,调整后的成人死亡率下降了16% (OR=0.84,P=.03).
- 在坦桑尼亚和卢旺达,较高的PEPFAR强度与显著较低的成人死亡率相关 (OR=0.83,P=.02和OR=0.75,P=.04).
结论:
- 在2004年至2008年期间,PEPFAR重点国家与非重点国家相比,成年人因任何原因的死亡率下降得更为显著.
- 该研究表明,PEPFAR的密集作业与减少成人死亡率之间存在潜在的关联.
- 无法将PEPFAR对所有原因死亡率的影响与艾滋病毒特定死亡人数的减少分开.
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