HIV diagnosis and treatment status in individuals dying from HIV in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and South Africa: A model comparison analysis

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by Loveleen Bansi-Matharu, Daniel T. Citron, Rowan Martin-Hughes, Haroon Moolla, John Stover, Michael Pickles, Tara Mangal, Jenny Smith, Owen Mugurungi, Mmatlou Simeon Kubyana, Isaac Taramusi, Valentina Cambiano, Amon Mpofu, Debra ten Brink, Edinah Mudimu, Tsitsi Apollo, Anna Bershteyn, Linley Chewere, Dobromir Dimitrov, Stephen Macheso, Leigh F. Johnson, Andrew Phillips Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has greatly reduced HIV-related mortality and improved life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa since the early 2000s.

However, HIV-related mortality remains high. To guide intervention priorities, we used seven established…

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Primary source: PLOS Medicine · September 10, 2026

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