Optimizing HIV Prevention Efforts to Achieve EHE Incidence Targets.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A goal of the US Department of Health and Human Services' Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) in the United States initiative is to reduce the annual number of incident HIV infections in the United States by 75% within 5 years and by 90% within 10 years. We developed a resource allocation analysis to understand how these goals might be met.

Methods

We estimated the current annual societal funding [$2.8 billion (B)/yr] for 14 interventions to prevent HIV and facilitate treatment of infected persons. These interventions included HIV testing for different transmission groups, HIV care continuum interventions, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and syringe services programs. We developed scenarios optimizing or reallocating this funding to minimize new infections, and we analyzed th

SUBMITTER: Jacobson EU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8887784 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature