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Avahan and the cost-effectiveness of “prevention as prevention”

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is one of the largest HIV prevention programmes targeted to populations at high risk of infection. The initiative operated across 22 districts and committed US$258 million from 2004 to 2009, reaching 154 425 individuals. Through work with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and a focus on peer-led interventions, it offered a package of services that included risk-reduction education, access to condoms, screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infection, and referral to clinical services as appropriate.

Source: The Lancet Global Health

DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(14)70295-5

Authors: Elliot Marseille, James G Kahn

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $6,680