蝌蚪网 Review
ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)
Adult Antiretroviral Therapy and Child Health: Evidence from Scale-Up in Zambia
蝌蚪网 Review
vol. 103,
no. 3, May 2013
(pp. 456–61)
Abstract
One in five Zambian children lives with an HIV/AIDS-infected adult. We estimate the effect that the availability of adult antiretroviral therapy (ART) has on the health of such children. Using a triple difference specification, we find that adult access to ART resulted in increased weight-for-age and decreased incidence of stunting among children younger than 60 months who resided with an infected father or other infected adult in an intact household. Because the increased availability of adult ART in sub-Saharan Africa has multigenerational effects, cost-effectiveness estimates restricted to direct recipients understate the economic benefit of the treatment.Citation
Lucas, Adrienne M., and Nicholas L. Wilson. 2013. "Adult Antiretroviral Therapy and Child Health: Evidence from Scale-Up in Zambia." 蝌蚪网 Review 103 (3): 456–61. DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.456Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I12 Health Production
- J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration