Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of combination antiretroviral therapy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Uganda

OBJECTIVE: To model the cost-effectiveness in Uganda of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) to prevent mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHODS: The cost-effectiveness of ART was evaluated on the assumption that ART reduces the risk of an HIV-positive pregnant...

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Main Authors: Andreas Kuznik, Mohammed Lamorde, Sabine Hermans, Barbara Castelnuovo, Brandon Auerbach, Aggrey Semeere, Joseph Sempa, Mark Ssennono, Fred Ssewankambo, Yukari C Manabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2012-08-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862012000800011&lng=en&tlng=en