Cost-effectiveness of using HAART in prevention of mother-to-child transmission in the DREAM-project Malawi

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-634

  Orlando, Stefano ^a   Marazzi, Maria Cristina ^b   Mancinelli, Sandro ^c   Liotta, Giuseppe ^c   Ceffa, Susanna ^d   Giglio, Pietro ^b   Alumando, Ellard ^e,f   Ziegler, Isabelle ^d   Shawa, Mary ^e   Palombi, Leonardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d DREAM Program Community of Sant'Egidio   (Italy)

^e DREAM Program Community of sant'Egidio   (Malawi)

^f Department of Nutrition   (Malawi)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; DREAM; HAART; Malawi; mother to childtransmission

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 78649344566     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181f9f9f5     Document Type: Article

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