The state of costing research for HIV interventions in sub-Saharan Africa.

The state of costing research for HIV interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. Afr J AIDS Res. 2019 Dec;18(4):277-288 Authors: Cameron DB, Mustafa Diab M, Carroll LN, Bollinger LA, DeCormier Plosky W, Levin C, Herzel B, Marseille E, Alexander L, Bautista-Arredondo S, Pineda-Antunez C, Cerecero-García D, Gomez GB, Dow WH, Kahn JG Abstract The past decade has seen a growing emphasis on the production of high-quality costing data to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of global health interventions. The need for such data is especially important for decision making and priority setting across HIV services from prevention and testing to treatment and care. To help address this critical need, the Global Health Cost Consortium was created in 2016, in part to conduct a systematic search and screening of the costing literature for HIV and TB interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). The purpose of this portion of the remit was to compile, standardise, and make publicly available published cost data (peer-reviewed and gray) for public use. We limit our analysis to a review of the quantity and characteristics of published cost data from HIV interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. First, we document the production of cost data over 25 years, including density over time, geography, publication venue, authorship and type of intervention. Second, we explore key methods and reporting for characteristics including urbanicity, pla...
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - Category: African Health Tags: Afr J AIDS Res Source Type: research