Costs of facility-based HIV testing in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Providing HIV testing at health facilities remains the most common approach to ensuring access to HIV treatment and prevention services for the millions of undiagnosed HIV-infected individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. We sought to explore the costs of providing these services across three southern African countries with high HIV burden.

Methods

Primary costing studies were undertaken in 54 health facilities providing HIV testing services (HTS) in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Routinely collected monitoring and evaluation data for the health facilities were extracted to estimate the costs per individual tested and costs per HIV-positive individual identified. Costs are presented in 2016 US dollars. Sensitivity analysis explored key drivers of costs.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Mwenge L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5642898 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature