Cost, Affordability and Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Control Tuberculosis in Countries With High HIV Prevalence

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Healthcare Services
Tags:
HIV Epidemic,
HIV Virus,
Strategy,
TB
Source:
BioMed Central

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Overview: The HIV epidemic has caused a dramatic increase in Tuberculosis (TB) in East and southern Africa. Several strategies have the potential to reduce the burden of TB in high HIV prevalence settings, and cost and cost-effectiveness analyses can help to prioritize them when budget constraints exist. However, published cost and cost-effectiveness studies are limited. The objective of this study was to compare the cost, affordability and cost-effectiveness of seven strategies for reducing the burden of TB in countries with high HIV prevalence. The paper concludes that to reduce the burden of TB in high HIV prevalence settings, the immediate goal should be to increase TB case detection rates and, to the extent possible, improve TB cure rates, preferably in combination.

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Format: PDF | Size: 850KB | Date: Dec 2005 | Pages: 37

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