Evidence of AIDS mortality from an alternative source: A Swaziland case study

Abstract

This paper explores a way of measuring AIDS mortality in the absence of vital registration. It looks at the death notices in the major daily newspaper in Swaziland, The Times of Swaziland, and asks if this can be analysed to give a picture of changing mortality. It shows how clear trends can be discerned.


Keywords: AIDS; mortality; newspapers; Swaziland; vital registration


(Af J AIDS Res: 2002 1(1): 35-38)