Modelling the impact of maternal HIV on uninfected children: correcting current estimates
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Date
2020
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
A mathematical model, populated primarily with data from South Africa, was developed to model the numbers of children affected by maternal HIV, and the number who will experience long-term negative developmental consequences. A micro-simulation model generated two scenarios. The first simulated a cohort of women whose HIV status mimicked that of a target population, and mother–child dyads by way of age- and disease-specific fertility rates. Factors defining risk were used to characterize the simulated environment. The second scenario simulated mother-child dyads without maternal HIV. In the first scenario an estimated 26% of children are orphaned, compared to 10% in the absence of HIV. And a further 19% of children whose mother is alive when they turn 18 are affected by maternal HIV. School drop-out among all children increased by 4 percentage points because of maternal HIV, similarly population level estimates of abuse and negative mental health outcomes are elevated.
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Children affected by HIV, Micro-simulation, Modelling, Orphans, Uninfected children
Citation
Labuschagne, P. et al .(2020). Modelling the impact of maternal HIV on uninfected children: correcting current estimates. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV ,32(11), 1406-1414