Reviewing the evidence on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention strategies in Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following universal access to antiretroviral therapy in Thailand, evidence from National AIDS Spending Assessment indicates a decreasing proportion of expenditure on prevention interventions. To prompt policymakers to revitalize HIV prevention, this study identifies a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDs preventive interventions that are likely to be effective and cost-effective in Thailand.

Methods

A systematic review of the national and international literature on HIV prevention strategies from 1997 to 2008 was undertaken. The outcomes used to consider the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions were changes in HIV risk behaviour and HIV incidence. Economic evaluations that presented their results in terms of cost per HIV infection averted or cost per quality-ad

SUBMITTER: Pattanaphesaj J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2912810 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature