Cost-Effectiveness of Free HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Through a Community-Based AIDS Service Organization in Northern Tanzania
Nathan M. Thielman, MD, MPH,
Helen Y. Chu, MD,
Jan Ostermann, PhD,
Dafrosa K. Itemba, BA,
Anna Mgonja,
Sabina Mtweve, MD, MHP,
John A. Bartlett, MD,
John F. Shao, MD, PhD and
John A. Crump, MB, ChB, DTM&H
At the time of the study, Nathan M. Thielman, John A. Bartlett, John A. Crump, and Helen Y. Chu were with the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Jan Ostermann is with the Health Inequalities Program, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University. Dafrosa K. Itemba, Anna Mgonja, and Sabina Mtweve are with KIWAKKUKI (Kikundi cha Wanawake Kilimanjaro Kupambana UKIMWI; Women Against AIDS in Kilimanjaro). John F. Shao is with Tumaini University, Moshi, Tanzania. Sabina Mtweve and John A. Crump are also with Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College of Tumaini University, Moshi.
FIGURE 1——Number of persons testing per day before (gray bars to the left), during (black bars), and after (gray bars to the right) the free voluntary HIV counseling and testing campaign at KIWAKKUKI (n = 813).
