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The Cost of HIV Prevention and Treatment Interventions in South Africa

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1st Author : Geffen, Nathan
Other Authors: Nattrass N, Raubenheimer C
Publisher: UCT
Publication Date: 1/2003
ISBN: 0-7992-2163-5
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Publication Type: Technical Report
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Summary This paper estimates the costs of introducing several AIDS-related prevention and treatment programmes in South Africa.1 Our approach combines detailed information about the costs of implementing these interventions with demographic projections of their impact. Information about prices, wages and other cost components is drawn from a range of primary and secondary sources.
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Keywords This Item is associated with the Following Keywords: pricing of medicine, AIDS drugs, ARV Treatment Monitor.
   
   
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