Objectives: Despite substantial public health efforts to increase HIV testing, testing rates have plateaued in many … countries and rates of repeat testing for those with ongoing risk are low. To inform policies aimed at increasing uptake of HIV … testing, we identified characteristics associated with individuals' willingness-to-accept (WTA) an HIV test in a general …

in Nigeria collected during the 2012 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey (NARHS Plus 2). We used the …

through cross-contamination. Commercial plasma donation and the resulting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics in central China …

The HIV/AIDS disease represent a priority for all health authorities in all countries and it also represents serious … associated to the HIV/AIDS in an European context. We conducted a systematic literature review for five different countries … this study containing seventy-six cost estimates. Most of the studies analyzed the health care cost of treatment of HIV …

Background: This article examines young people's preferences for integrated family planning (FP) and HIV services in … planning young people value confidentiality and the availability of HIV services including HIV counselling and testing (HCT …) and HIV treatment, though significant observable and unobservable heterogeneity is present. Female respondents and those …

consideration of patient preferences. In the present study, patient preferences regarding treatment of HIV/AIDS were explored using … direct assessment and discrete choice experiment (DCE). Methods: Based on literature research about preferences of HIV …/AIDS patients we conducted a qualitative pre-study. The results were used to compose a questionnaire on relevant aspects of HIV …

Introduction: This study reviewed the economic evidence of rapid HIV testing versus conventional HIV testing in low …-prevalence high-income countries; evaluated the methodological quality of existing economic evaluations of HIV testing studies; and … made recommendations on future economic evaluation directions of HIV testing approaches. Methods: A systematic search of …

Background: Since HIV+ treatment has become more effective, the average age of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) has … increased, and consequently the incidence of developing comorbidities, making the clinical and economic management of HIV … defining and comparing the total annual costs of comorbidities, in an Italian cohort of HIV and HIV/HCV patients, from the …