Costs and cost drivers of comprehensive sexual reproductive health services to female sex workers in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comprehensive sexual reproductive health (SRH) programs for female sex workers (FSW) offering clinical, behavioural, and structural interventions have contributed to declining rates of HIV in this population. However, data on costs and cost drivers is needed to support programs and their donors to better allocate resources, make an investment case for continued funding, and to identify areas of improvement in program design and implementation. We aimed to estimate the annual per-FSW costs of comprehensive services for a standalone FSW program in Kenya.

Methods

We implemented a top-bottom and activity-based costing study of comprehensive FSW services at two drop-in centres (DICs), Mtwapa and Kilifi town, in Kilifi County, Kenya. Service costs were obtained from rou

SUBMITTER: Manguro GO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11253356 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature