Ntozi J P, Nakanaabi I M
Department of Population Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Health Transit Rev. 1997;7 Suppl:189-205.
Several studies in sub-Saharan Africa have associated infant and child mortality with the AIDS epidemic in the region. The paper uses retrospective survey data of six districts in the east, south and west of Uganda to study infant and child mortality, which increased in the 1980s probably because of the AIDS epidemic and started declining in the early 1990s, a period when the epidemic was reported to be subsiding. Deeper analysis of data indicates that children whose parents are polygamous, educated, formally employed and in business are at a higher risk of death from AIDS and related illness. Although AIDS as a direct cause of death is the fourth leading killer of children, other serious diseases such as diarrhoea, respiratory infection and measles are associated with AIDS.
撒哈拉以南非洲地区的多项研究将该地区的婴儿及儿童死亡率与艾滋病疫情联系起来。本文利用乌干达东部、南部和西部六个地区的回顾性调查数据来研究婴儿及儿童死亡率，这一死亡率在20世纪80年代有所上升，可能是由于艾滋病疫情所致，而在20世纪90年代初开始下降，据报道这一时期疫情趋于缓和。对数据的深入分析表明，父母为一夫多妻制、受过教育、有正式工作且从事商业活动的儿童死于艾滋病及相关疾病的风险更高。虽然艾滋病作为直接死因是儿童的第四大杀手，但腹泻、呼吸道感染和麻疹等其他严重疾病也与艾滋病有关。
