2011
Economic Returns to Investment in AIDS Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries
Resch S, Korenromp E, Stover J, Blakley M, Krubiner C, Thorien K, Hecht R, Atun R. Economic Returns to Investment in AIDS Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e25310. PMID: 21998648, PMCID: PMC3187775, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle-income countriesAIDS treatmentProgram costsIncome countriesLarge health gainsAntiretroviral therapyHIV infectionOpportunistic infectionsGlobal FundLife careMedical treatmentAIDS diseaseTreatment programHealth gainsCurrent cohortTotal program costsTreatmentPatientsCohortInfectionCareEnd 2011Same periodEconomic benefitsLabor productivity effects
2010
Financing of HIV/AIDS programme scale-up in low-income and middle-income countries, 2009–31
Hecht R, Stover J, Bollinger L, Muhib F, Case K, de Ferranti D. Financing of HIV/AIDS programme scale-up in low-income and middle-income countries, 2009–31. The Lancet 2010, 376: 1254-1260. PMID: 20934597, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(10)61255-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle-income countriesLong-term funding needsLow-income countriesHIV/AIDS fundingOutside fundsPolicy choicesFunding needsStrategic investmentsEfficiency gainsEfficient mobilisationRepresentative countriesAIDS fundingCountriesFundsRange of scenariosShort termGlobal HIV/AIDS pandemicHIV/AIDS programsCostHIV/AIDS responseManagement of resourcesSubstantial variationFinancingInvestmentHIV/AIDS