An Enhanced Retention Strategy to Prevent the Vertical Transmission of HIV in Uganda: A Budget Impact Analysis
Implementing the ERS would significantly increase the Ugandan Ministry of Health's budget, but most additional costs would be accrued from the resulting expansion of ART client volume. The ERS is a relatively low-cost intervention to reduce loss to follow-up rates among marginalized and hard-to-reach populations.
Authors
- Diana Namuddu
- Tabitha Ayabo
- Ronald Moses Galiwango (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3702-5722)
- Joseph B. Babigumira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3834-7141)
- Mohammed Lamorde
- Stephen Okoboi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8738-0397)
- Elly Nuwamanya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6979-015X)
- Benjamin C. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-217X)
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PharmacoEconomics - Open
- Published
- 2025-06-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s41669-025-00587-x
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00