ASSA600

The ASSA600 model is a model of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the South African population. The model has been superseded by more recent versions of the model, and users should note that the ASSA600 version is now considered to have overstated the extent of the South African epidemic. This is partly because the ASSA600 model does not allow for the effects of HIV prevention and treatment programmes, and partly because the ASSA600 model does not take into account recent evidence regarding the relationship between HIV prevalence in antenatal clinic attenders and HIV prevalence in the general female population.

Model and User Guide

ASSA600 model

Documents describing the ASSA600 model

Dorrington R.E. (1998) The ASSA600 model: An AIDS model of the third kind? Actuarial Society of South Africa Convention.

Dorrington R.E. (1999) Addendum to ASSA600: An AIDS model of the third kind

Papers which have used the ASSA600 model

Dorrington R.E., Bourne D., Bradshaw D., et al. (2001) The impact of HIV/AIDS on adult mortality in South Africa. Burden of Disease Research Unit, Medical Research Council. [http://www.mrc.ac.za]