Health technology assessment to support health benefits package design: a systematic review of economic evaluation evidence in Zambia

WM Simangolwa, K Govender, J Mbonigaba - BMC health services …, 2024 - Springer
Background Health technology assessment uses explicit economic evaluation evidence to
support health benefits package design. However, the limited availability of technical …

Agent based modelling of blood borne viruses: a scoping review

S Ale, E Hunter, JD Kelleher - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2024 - Springer
Background The models that historically have been used to model infectious disease
outbreaks are equation-based and statistical models. However, these models do not capture …

Economic evaluation of improving HIV self-testing among MSM in China using a crowdsourced intervention: a cost-effectiveness analysis

JJ Ong, RD Booton, JD Tucker, W Tang, P Vickerman… - Aids, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Crowdsourcing, which taps into the wisdom of crowds, has been successful in
generating strategies to enhance HIV self-testing (HIVST) uptake. We determined the cost …

Saving lives through early diagnosis: the promise and role of point of care testing for sickle cell disease

D Dexter, PT McGann - British Journal of Haematology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a devastating and under‐recognised global child health issue
affecting over 300,000 infants annually, with the highest prevalence in India and sub …

Projected outcomes of universal testing and treatment in a generalised HIV epidemic in Zambia and South Africa (the HPTN 071 [PopART] trial): a modelling study

WJM Probert, R Sauter, M Pickles, A Cori… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The long-term impact of universal home-based testing and treatment as part of
universal testing and treatment (UTT) on HIV incidence is unknown. We made projections …

Compact multiplex PCR device for HIV-1 and HIV-2 viral load determination from finger-prick whole blood in resource-limited settings

T Liu, AJ Politza, MA Ahamed, A Kshirsagar… - Biosensors and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major global health concern for which
accurate viral load monitoring is essential for the management of HIV infection. The advent …

Cost-effectiveness analysis of human-centred design for global health interventions: a quantitative framework

C Liu, JH Lee, AJ Gupta, A Tucker, C Larkin… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Human-centred design (HCD) is a problem-solving approach that is
increasingly used to develop new global health interventions. However, there is often a …

Closing the gap: did delivery approaches complementary to home‐based testing reach men with HIV testing services during and after the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial in …

MM Phiri, A Schaap, M Simwinga… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction The HPTN 071 (PopART) trial demonstrated that universal HIV testing‐
and‐treatment reduced community‐level HIV incidence. Door‐to‐door delivery of HIV testing …

Interventions to increase HIV testing uptake in global settings

R Sundararajan, M Ponticiello, D Nansera… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose of Review HIV testing is the critical first step to direct people living with HIV (PLWH)
to treatment. However, progress is still being made towards the UNAIDS benchmark of 95 …

Population health impact, cost-effectiveness, and affordability of community-based HIV treatment and monitoring in South Africa: A health economics modelling study

M Sahu, CJ Bayer, DA Roberts… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Community-based delivery and monitoring of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV has the
potential to increase viral suppression for individual-and population-level health benefits …