Title |
Undernutrition among HIV-positive children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: antiretroviral therapy alone is not enough
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-11-869 |
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Authors |
Bruno F Sunguya, Krishna C Poudel, Keiko Otsuka, Junko Yasuoka, Linda B Mlunde, David P Urassa, Namala P Mkopi, Masamine Jimba |
Abstract |
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS has exacerbated the impact of childhood undernutrition in many developing countries, including Tanzania. Even with the provision of antiretroviral therapy, undernutrition among HIV-positive children remains a serious problem. Most studies to examine risk factors for undernutrition have been limited to the general population and ART-naive HIV-positive children, making it difficult to generalize findings to ART-treated HIV-positive children. The objectives of this study were thus to compare the proportions of undernutrition among ART-treated HIV-positive and HIV-negative children and to examine factors associated with undernutrition among ART-treated HIV-positive children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. |
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United States | 1 | 17% |
Central African Republic | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
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Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
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Tanzania, United Republic of | 2 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Botswana | 1 | <1% |
India | 1 | <1% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 252 | 98% |
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Student > Master | 53 | 21% |
Student > Postgraduate | 27 | 10% |
Student > Bachelor | 26 | 10% |
Researcher | 20 | 8% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 6% |
Other | 44 | 17% |
Unknown | 73 | 28% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 73 | 28% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 37 | 14% |
Social Sciences | 14 | 5% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 5% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 2% |
Other | 26 | 10% |
Unknown | 89 | 34% |