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The authors declare that no competing interests exist. The Wellbeing of Older Peoples Studies (WOPS) cited in this paper were funded by The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) via support from the US National Institute on Aging’s Division of Behavioural and Social Research and the US National Institute of Health (NIH). The Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies is funded by the Welcome Trust, UK. The qualitative research in Uganda was funded by Cordaid and the Medical Research Council (UK). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Negin, J., Nyirenda, M., Seeley, J. et al. Inequality in Health Status Among Older Adults in Africa: The Surprising Impact of Anti-Retroviral Treatment. J Cross Cult Gerontol 28, 491–493 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-013-9215-4
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