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Cost-effectiveness of community-based strategies to strengthen the continuum of HIV care in rural South Africa: a health economic modelling analysis

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HCHuman Sciences Research Council

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  • This analysis evaluates the health effects and cost-effectiveness of community-based HIV testing compared to facility-based approaches.
  • Conducted a health economic modelling analysis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
  • Assessed population-level health impacts and cost-effectiveness of home HIV counselling and testing (HTC).
  • Home HTC shows significantly higher coverage of testing and linkage to care among asymptomatic individuals.
  • Community-based strategies are more cost-effective compared to traditional facility-based approaches.

Abstract

Home HIV counselling and testing (HTC) achieves high coverage of testing and linkage to care compared with existing facility-based approaches, particularly among asymptomatic individuals. In a modelling analysis the authors aimed to assess the effect on population-level health and cost-effectiveness of a community-based package of home HTC in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e8d20e02ee3982d335b7https://doi.org/10.14749/32385870
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