Rethink HIV Preventing Non-sexual Transmission
The purpose of the RethinkHIV project is to identify and highlight the most cost-effective responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with economic analyses of the benefits and costs of specific interventions in six categories of responses to HIV/AIDS. These are the Assessment and Perspective Papers on the second of the six topics: Prevention of non-sexual Infection of HIV.
Assessment Paper
Most HIV infections caused by non-sexual transmission have proven cost-effective solutions to reduce and virtually eliminate transmission of new infections. This paper examines the cost-effectiveness of each of a range of proposed solutions for sub-Saharan Africa, using a variety of models across all of the relevant countries.
The Assessment Paper on the topic of Prevention of Non-sexual Infection is authored by Lori A. Bollinger, the Vice President at Futures Institute.
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Another Perspective by Mira Johri
This perspective paper focuses on a single mode of non-sexual HIV transmission, mother-to child transmission of HIV (MTCT), currently responsible for about 20% of new HIV infections annually.
A Perspective Paper has been written by Mira Johri, Associate Professor, International Health Unit and Department of Health Administration, University of Montreal.
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Another Perspective by Rob Baltussen and Jan Hontelez
This perspective paper qualifies the merits of the analysis, and puts forward a number of important issues to consider when interpreting its results.
A Perspective Paper has been written by Rob Baltussen, Health economics specialist and coordinator of NICHE – the Nijmegen International Center for Health Systems Research and Education, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, and Jan Hontelez, Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Researcher at NICHE.
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