Stillbirth rate by maternal HIV serostatus and antiretroviral use in pregnancy in South Africa : an audit
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Maswime, Salome
Pule, C.
Bebell, L.M.
Hedt-Gauthier, B.
Chandiwana, N.
Haberer, J.E.
Pattinson, Robert Clive
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South African Medical Association
Abstract
The global perinatal mortality burden is high, with over 2.6 million stillbirths annually. The plurality (41%) of stillbirths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, which also has the highest HIV burden (20% prevalence) in the world. The extent to which these two phenomena are related has not been fully characterised.
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Perinatal mortality, Stillbirths, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Antiretroviral (ARV), Pregnancy, South Africa (SA)
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Maswime, S., Pule, C., Bebell, L.M. et al. Stillbirth rate by maternal HIV serostatus and antiretroviral use in pregnancy in South Africa: An audit. South African Medical Journal, vol. 111, no. 9, pp. 822-823, sep. 2021. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i9.15831.