Determining a cost effective intervention response to HIV/AIDS in Peru

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Unit costs per person reached by intervention in 2008 $US.

STI treatment	$US
Cost per STI case treated	3.7
Youth	$US
Cost per youth reached by peer educator	8.0
Cost per teacher trained	62.0
Commercial sex worker	$US
Cost per sex worker reached	124.0
Mass media	$US
Cost per person reached with mass media	0.4
MSM	$US
Cost per person reached	103.0
Voluntary counselling and testing	$US
Total costs per client	40.0
Prevention of mother to child transmission	$US
Cost per mother and child treated	23.2
Antiretroviral programmes*	$US
Basic†	3379
Intermediate‡	3788
Comprehensive§	3792

Further details of the individual unit costs and assumptions made for each intervention are provided in the supplementary materials that accompany the manuscript [see Additional file 1].
*Costing for highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were computed based on local protocols and prior analysis[1].
† Antiretrovirals, Monitoring (CD4 + Viral Load)
‡ Basic programme + Imaging tests, additional lab monitoring, administrative costs
§ Intermediate programme + treatment of opportunistic infections

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