In this study we retrieved from the MASTER electronic database: gender, age at enrolment, country of origin, HIV exposure group, period of enrolment in the cohort and Hepatitis C or B co-infection.
Across the OECD, a club of 34 mostly rich countries, enrolment of 15- to 19-year-olds in education increased by 11 percentage points to 83% between 1995 and 2011.
Among wealthy families in African countries, enrolment rates are on a par with anything in the developed world.
The gender gap in net primary enrolment in developing countries has narrowed to 2 percentage points, for example.
A simulation on increasing pre-school enrolment in 73 countries found benefits in terms of higher future wages of $6.4-$6.4-$17.6dollar invested.
In most countries, enrolment was conducted in a systematic alternating order; the first patient was recruited into the Olz cohort, the second patient into the non-Olz cohort, etc. Effort was made to avoid interference with clinical practice.
The selection of independent variables included in our regression models was informed by previous studies examining the effects of insurance enrolment in developing countries (Schneider and Diop 2001; Jowett 2003; Jütting 2004).
The initiative seeks to scale up the rate of progress towards universal primary education, support and build on the results of a major enrolment surge in countries that have abolished school fees in primary education, and maintain and enhance quality of education.
The GERs for the pre-school sector, although much higher than that for day care, is still cause for concern as, with the exception of the Turks and Caicos Islands, they fall far short of the 100% primary enrolment that most countries are striving to achieve.
Concerning the country of enrolment, we dichotomized the variable "country of admission" into "low admission rate country" vs. "high admission rate country".
