Under-reporting of HIV and AIDS as an underlying cause of death in South Africa.

IF 3.1 2区医学 Q3 IMMUNOLOGY

AIDS Pub Date : 2025-10-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-28 DOI:10.1097/QAD.0000000000004281

Pam Groenewald, Tracy Glass, Natasha Kallis, Chantelle Holmgren, B Nojilana, Monique Maqungo, Mireille Cheyip, Diane Morof, Nadine Nannan, Debbie Bradshaw

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Abstract

Under-reporting of HIV-related and AIDS-related deaths is a major problem in South Africa, with only 27.9% of documented HIV-related deaths in medical records reported as such in the official cause of death data. The legacy of AIDS denialism in South Africa, confidentiality concerns, and anticipated stigma appear to have created a culture of not recording HIV as an underlying cause on the official medical certificate of death. Inaccurate statistics could affect resource allocation for the epidemic.

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在南非，艾滋病毒和艾滋病作为潜在死亡原因的报告不足。

少报与艾滋病毒和艾滋病有关的死亡人数是南非的一个主要问题，在官方死亡原因数据中，医疗记录中记录的与艾滋病毒有关的死亡人数只有27.9%。在南非，否认艾滋病的传统、保密问题和预期的耻辱似乎造成了一种文化，即不在官方医疗死亡证明上记录艾滋病毒作为根本原因。不准确的统计数据可能会影响防治该流行病的资源分配。

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AIDS 医学-病毒学

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

5.30%

发文量

478

审稿时长

3 months

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