Assisted partner notification services are cost-effective for decreasing HIV burden in western Kenya.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Assisted partner services (aPS) or provider notification for sexual partners of persons diagnosed HIV positive can increase HIV testing and linkage in Sub-Saharan Africa and is a high yield strategy to identify HIV-positive persons. However, its cost-effectiveness is not well evaluated. METHODS:Using effectiveness and cost data from an aPS trial in Kenya, we parameterized an individual-based, dynamic HIV transmission model. We estimated costs for both a program scenario and a task-shifting scenario using community health workers to conduct the intervention. We simulated 200 cohorts of 500 000 individuals and projected the health and economic effects of scaling up aPS in a region of western Kenya (formerly Nyanza Province). FINDINGS:Over a 10-year time horizon with universal anti

SUBMITTER: Sharma M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5736414 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature