{"id":580,"date":"2019-07-28T20:36:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T00:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/?page_id=580"},"modified":"2019-11-08T07:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T12:46:41","slug":"identifying-optimal-hiv-testing-strategies-to-achieve-high-level-of-hiv-diagnosis-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/economics\/testing\/identifying-optimal-hiv-testing-strategies-to-achieve-high-level-of-hiv-diagnosis-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimal HIV testing strategies in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The aim of this study is to identify optimal HIV testing strategies to achieve high levels of HIV diagnosis in South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table width=\"700\" height=\"370\" style=\"border-color: #167982; background-color: #7ebfb8; height: 350px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Boston University investigators<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/hiv\/profile\/gesine-meyer-rath\/\">Gesine Meyer-Rath<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Partner investigators<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrhi.ac.za\/\">WRHI<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Countries<\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Project period<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Funder<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Contacts<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:gesine@bu.edu\">Gesine Meyer-Rath<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Publications and other documents<\/h3>\n<p class=\"null\"><span>Johnson LF,<em>\u00a0van Rensburg C Govathson C, Meyer-Rath G<\/em>.\u00a0Optimal HIV testing strategies for South Africa: a model-based evaluation of population-level impact and cost-effectiveness.\u00a0<a title=\"Scientific reports.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Optimal+HIV+testing+strategies+for+South+Africa%3A+a+model-based+evaluation+of+population-level+impact+and+cost-effectiveness\">Sci Rep.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroza.org\/publications\/optimal-hiv-testing-strategies-for-south-africa-a-model-based-evaluation-of-population-level-impact-and-cost-effectiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a02019 Sep 2;9(1):12621.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"null\"><span>Phillips AN, Cambiano V, Nakagawa F, Bansi-Matharu L, Wilson D, Jani I, Apollo T, Sculpher M, Hallett T, Kerr C, van Oosterhout JJ, Eaton JW, Estill J, Williams B, Doi N, Cowan F, Keiser O, Ford D, Hatzold , Barnabas R, Ayles H,\u00a0<em>Meyer-Rath G<\/em>, Nelson L, Johnson C, Baggaley R, Fakoya A, Jahn A, Revill P.\u00a0Cost-per-diagnosis as a metric for monitoring cost-effectiveness of HIV testing programmes in low-income settings in southern Africa: health economic and modelling analysis.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroza.org\/publications\/cost-per-diagnosis-as-a-metric-for-monitoring-cost-effectiveness-of-hiv-testing-programmes-in-low-income-settings-in-southern-africa-health-economic-and-modelling-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><a title=\"Journal of the International AIDS Society.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=Cost-per-diagnosis+as+a+metric+for+monitoring+cost-effectiveness+of+HIV+testing+programmes+in+low-income+settings+in+southern+Africa%3A+health+economic+and+modelling+analysis\">JIAS.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heroza.org\/publications\/cost-per-diagnosis-as-a-metric-for-monitoring-cost-effectiveness-of-hiv-testing-programmes-in-low-income-settings-in-southern-africa-health-economic-and-modelling-analysis\/\">\u00a02019 Jul;22(7):e25325.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of this study is to identify optimal HIV testing strategies to achieve high levels of HIV diagnosis in South Africa. &nbsp; 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