Expanding ART for treatment and prevention of HIV in South Africa: estimated cost and cost-effectiveness 2011-2050

R Granich, JG Kahn, R Bennett, CB Holmes, N Garg… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) significantly reduces HIV transmission. We
conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of the impact of expanded ART in South Africa …

The HIV treatment gap: estimates of the financial resources needed versus available for scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in 97 countries from 2015 to 2020

A Dutta, C Barker, A Kallarakal - PLoS medicine, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) released revised guidelines in 2015
recommending that all people living with HIV, regardless of CD4 count, initiate antiretroviral …

Universal test, treat, and keep: improving ART retention is key in cost-effective HIV control in Uganda

N McCreesh, I Andrianakis, RN Nsubuga… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background With ambitious new UNAIDS targets to end AIDS by 2030, and new WHO
treatment guidelines, there is increased interest in the best way to scale-up ART coverage …

Elimination of HIV in South Africa through expanded access to antiretroviral therapy: a model comparison study

JAC Hontelez, MN Lurie, T Bärnighausen… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Expanded access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) using universal test and treat
(UTT) has been suggested as a strategy to eliminate HIV in South Africa within 7 y based on …

Trends in AIDS deaths, new infections and ART coverage in the top 30 countries with the highest AIDS mortality burden; 1990–2013

R Granich, S Gupta, B Hersh, B Williams, J Montaner… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
disease progression, mortality and transmission. We assess the impact of expanded HIV …

Estimating the impact of antiretroviral treatment on adult mortality trends in South Africa: A mathematical modelling study

LF Johnson, MT May, RE Dorrington, M Cornell… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Substantial reductions in adult mortality have been observed in South Africa
since the mid-2000s, but there has been no formal evaluation of how much of this decline is …

Access to antiretroviral treatment in South Africa, 2004-2011

LF Johnson - Southern African journal of HIV medicine, 2012 - ajol.info
Background. South Africa's National Strategic Plan (NSP) for 2007-2011 aimed to achieve
new antiretroviral treatment (ART) enrolment numbers equal to 80% of the number of newly …

Changing the South African national antiretroviral therapy guidelines: the role of cost modelling

G Meyer-Rath, LF Johnson, Y Pillay, M Blecher… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background We were tasked by the South African Department of Health to assess the cost
implications to the largest ART programme in the world of adopting sets of ART guidelines …

Health benefits, costs, and cost-effectiveness of earlier eligibility for adult antiretroviral therapy and expanded treatment coverage: a combined analysis of 12 …

JW Eaton, NA Menzies, J Stover… - The Lancet Global …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background New WHO guidelines recommend initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-
positive adults with CD4 counts of 500 cells per μL or less, a higher threshold than was …

Taking ART to scale: determinants of the cost and cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in 45 clinical sites in Zambia

E Marseille, MJ Giganti, A Mwango… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background We estimated the unit costs and cost-effectiveness of a government ART
program in 45 sites in Zambia supported by the Centre for Infectious Disease Research …