Category Archives: Financial arrangements

How care is paid for

Generic antiretroviral drugs and HIV care: An economic review

2016

The cost of HIV care in European countries is high. Direct medical costs, in France, have been estimated at 500,000Euros per patient’s lifetime (20,000 Euros/year/patient). Overall, 73% of these costs...

Dynamic transmission economic evaluation of infectious disease interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review

2016

Economic evaluation using dynamic transmission models is important for capturing the indirect effects of infectious disease interventions. We examine the use of these methods in low- and middle-income countries, where...

Revitalizing the HIV response in Pakistan: A systematic review and policy implications

2014

BACKGROUND: We sought to describe the epidemiology of HIV in Pakistan and prioritize interventions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the response to HIV. METHODS: We conducted a systematic...

A systematic review on cost effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions in the United States

2015

BACKGROUND: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focus on funding HIV prevention interventions likely to have high impact on the HIV epidemic. In its most recent funding announcement...

Scarcity of protective items against HIV and other bloodborne infections in 13 low- and middle-income countries

2014

OBJECTIVE: To assess protection of surgical healthcare workers against HIV and other bloodborne infections in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). METHODS: Literature review based on recent studies assessing baseline surgical...

The impact of social services interventions in developing countries: A review of the evidence of impact on clinical outcomes in people living with HIV

2015

BACKGROUND: Social service interventions have been implemented in many countries to help people living with HIV (PLHIV) and household members cope with economic burden as a result of reduced earning...

Prevalence of HIV and hepatitis B virus co-infection in sub-Saharan Africa and the potential impact and program feasibility of hepatitis B surface antigen screening in resource-limited settings

2015

BACKGROUND: Screening people living with HIV for hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection is recommended in resource-rich settings to optimize HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) and mitigate HBV-related liver disease. This review...

Investments in sexually transmitted infection research, 1997-2013: A systematic analysis of funding awarded to UK institutions

2015

BACKGROUND: We report the first study that analyses public and philanthropic investments awarded to UK institutions for research related to sexually transmitted infections (STIs). METHODS: We systematically searched award data...

Economic impact of HIV/AIDS: A systematic review in five European countries

2014

The HIV/AIDS disease represent a priority for all health authorities in all countries and it also represents serious added socioeconomic problems for societies over the world. The aim of this...

Comparing research investment to United Kingdom institutions and published outputs for tuberculosis, HIV and malaria: A systematic analysis across 1997–2013

2015

BACKGROUND: The “Unfinished Agenda” of infectious diseases is of great importance to policymakers and research funding agencies that require ongoing research evidence on their effective management. Journal publications help effectively...

Is there scope for cost savings and efficiency gains in HIV services? A systematic review of the evidence from low- and middle-income countries

2014

OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the data available–on costs, efficiency and economies of scale and scope–for the six basic programmes of the UNAIDS Strategic Investment Framework, to inform those planning the scale-up...

Systematic review of facility-based sexual and reproductive health services for female sex workers in Africa

2014

BACKGROUND: Several biological, behavioural, and structural risk factors place female sex workers (FSWs) at heightened risk of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and other adverse sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...

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