The role of health economic analyses in planning HIV programs in LMICs
HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa face funding cuts, raising questions on prioritising interventions. Health economics influences policy decisions on testing, treatment and prevention.
HIV programmes in sub-Saharan Africa have mainly been driven by International donors who have shaped the prioritisation of interventions. With the withdrawal funding there are questions about how to maintain HIV interventions and which interventions to prioritise. Health economic analyses have played a role in developing HIV policy and practice but have been interpreted in a complex decision-making environment. In this talk I will discuss some of the history of health economic analyses in setting HIV policy and some of the current decisions being made about HIV testing, treatment and prevention, including the role of new long-acting prevention products.
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Professor Geoff Garnett, LSHTM
Geoff Garnett is currently Dean of Public Health and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Prior to this he was Deputy Director for Efficiency and Effectiveness at the Gates Foundation working on HIV and tuberculosis in Global Health. His research covers the epidemiology, evolution, and control of sexually transmitted disease using mathematical models, surveys, monitoring and surveillance, and intervention studies.
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