Abraham J Herbst
Biographic Data
| ID | 9000210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abraham J Herbst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abraham J |
| FAMILY NAME | Herbst |
| SIGNATURE | HERBST A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indepth Network |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Increases in Adult Life Expectancy in Rural South Africa
Cost-Benefit of ART In the battle to control HIV, mass antiretroviral treatment (ART) costs $500 to $900 per person per year. Bor et al. (p. 961 ) calculated the impact of intensifying ART on the life expectancy of people living in rural KwaZulu Natal. The dates of death were collected from a population of about 100,000 people during 2000–2011: Four years before and 8 years after the scaling up of ART. Life expectancy of adults increased by more …
Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data
BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) is the only available approach for determining the cause of many deaths, where routine certification is not in place. Therefore, it is important to use standards and methods for VA that maximise efficiency, consistency and comparability. The World Health Organization (WHO) has led the development of the 2012 WHO VA instrument as a new standard, intended both as a research tool and for routine registration of deaths…
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Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data
BACKGROUND: Verbal autopsy (VA) is the only available approach for determining the cause of many deaths, where routine certification is not in place. Therefore, it is important to use standards and methods for VA that maximise efficiency, consistency and comparability. The World Health Organization (WHO) has led the development of the 2012 WHO VA instrument as a new standard, intended both as a research tool and for routine registration of deaths…
Increases in Adult Life Expectancy in Rural South Africa
Cost-Benefit of ART In the battle to control HIV, mass antiretroviral treatment (ART) costs $500 to $900 per person per year. Bor et al. (p. 961 ) calculated the impact of intensifying ART on the life expectancy of people living in rural KwaZulu Natal. The dates of death were collected from a population of about 100,000 people during 2000–2011: Four years before and 8 years after the scaling up of ART. Life expectancy of adults increased by more …
Medicine (2 works) · Aeronautics (1 works) · Antiretroviral therapy (1 works) · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes (1 works) · Battle (1 works) · Cartography (1 works) · Cause of death (1 works) · Comparability (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Coroner (1 works)