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Lives saved by Global Fund-supported HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs: estimation approach and results between 2003 and end-2007

Ryuichi Komatsu1*, Eline L Korenromp1, Daniel Low-Beer1, Catherine Watt2, Christopher Dye2, Richard W Steketee3, Bernard L Nahlen4, Rob Lyerla5, Jesus M Garcia-Calleja6, John Cutler1,7 and Bernhard Schwartländer1,8

Author Affiliations

1 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Chemin Blandonnet 8, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland

2 World Health Organization, Stop TB Department, Geneva, Switzerland

3 Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, MACEPA, Ferney-Voltaire, France

4 President's Malaria Initiative, USAID, Washington DC, USA

5 Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, Policy, Evidence and Partnerships Department, Geneva, Switzerland

6 World Health Organization, HIV/AIDS Department, Geneva, Switzerland

7 Health Metric Network Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland

8 Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, China country office, Beijing, China

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BMC Infectious Diseases 2010, 10:109 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-109

Published: 30 April 2010

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Example calculation of lives saved by ITNs. (a) basic calculation; (b) additional step to correct for 'over 100% child coverage' in selected countries.

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