Cost-effectiveness of implementing HIV and HIV/syphilis dual testing among key populations in Viet Nam: a modelling analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Key populations, including sex workers, men who have sex with men, and people who inject drugs, have a high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. We assessed the health and economic impacts of different HIV and syphilis testing strategies among three key populations in Viet Nam using a dual HIV/syphilis rapid diagnostic test (RDT).

Setting

We used the spectrum AIDS impact model to simulate the HIV epidemic in Viet Nam and evaluated five testing scenarios among key populations. We used a 15-year time horizon and a provider perspective for costs.

Participants

We simulate the entire population of Viet Nam in the model.

Interventions

We modelled five testing scenarios among key populations: (1) annual testing with an HIV RDT, (2) annual testin

SUBMITTER: Coomes D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379490 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature