Table 2

HIV Prevention Cost-effectiveness studies, 2005 - 2008

INTERVENTION

# of studies

REFERENCES

Behavior Change

• Voluntary counseling and testing

3

Hausler, Sinanovic et al 2006; Hogan, Baltussen et al. 2005; John et al 2008 [20-22].

• Treatment for addictions

1

Vickerman, Kumaranayake et al. 2006 [23].

• School-based interventions

1

Hogan, Baltussen et al. 2005 [21].

Biomedical Interventions

• Antiretroviral therapy

1

Over, Marseille et al. 2006 [24].

• Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

5

Hogan, Baltussen et al. 2005; Reynolds, Janowitz et al. 2006; Soorapanth, Sansom et al. 2006; Maclean and Stringer 2005; Teerawattananon, Vos et al. 2005; [21,25-28].

• Treating STIs

5

Hogan, Baltussen et al. 2005; Vickerman, P., F. Terris-Prestholt, et al. 2006; Price, Stewart et al. 2006; Oster 2005; White, Orroth et al. 2008 [21,29-32]

• Male Circumcision

5

Kahn, Marseille and Auvert 2006; Gray, Li et al 2007; Martin, Bollinger et al. 2007a; Martin, Bollinger et al. 2007b; White et al 2008 [33-37].

• Female Condom

1

Dowdy, Sweat et al. 2006 [38,39].

Structural/Environmental Interventions

• 100% Condom

1

Sweat, Kerrigan et al. 2006 [38,39].

• Women empowerment/Social/Peer-based programs/mass media

2

Hogan, Baltussen et al. 2005; Fung, Guinness et al. 2007 [21,40].

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