IAEN Pre-Conference Meeting 2012
"It's really a unique time... a time in which an economic analysis will have a disproportionate impact on planning and integration... to move smoothly as we move from a donor-dominated and donor-prioritized effort to a country-dominated, country-prioritized vision."
Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
On July 20-21, 2012 the International AIDS Economics Network hosted the largest ever International AIDS Economics Network Pre-Conference Meeting. This event, the 7th of its kind since 2000, brought together 150 of the world's top health economists, policy makers and researchers to share cutting edge research and discuss emerging issues related to HIV and economics around the globe.
During the meeting, leaders at the forefront of the global HIV/AIDS movement highlighted the critical need for implementation and integration of strategic economic analyses into HIV/AIDS policies and programs. Discussions addressed PEPFAR's commitment to knowing costs and engaging economic and financial data to use resources most efficiently. In a compelling keynote speech on Day 1 of the meeting, Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, remarkedthat in this time, "cost-effective analysis and thinking becomes the tool for us to preserve program and expand program, to drop more morbidity and more mortality."
Similar sentiments were shared by other key leaders in the field including Roxana Rogers, Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS at USAID and Dr. Stefano Bertozzi, Director of HIV at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. To watch their keynote speeches, click on the videos below.
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The 7th IAEN Pre-Conference Meeting was hosted with generous support by:
Below are links to many of the presentations made at the IAEN conference, listed by title with presenting author.
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A new approach to costing HIV interventions: Using project records from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance coalition of organizations in West Africa (pdf 1,232.8 kb)
Amidou Kabore -
A Portfolio Approach for HIV Control in South Africa (pdf 641.1 kb)
Elisa F. Long -
A Quality Review Process for HIV Prevention Costing Studies in Developing Countries (pdf 866.6 kb)
Willyanne DeCormier Plosky -
A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of Harm Reduction for IDUs - how good is the evidence? (pdf 492.8 kb)
Dr. Lorna Guinness -
An Investigation of the Health and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Malawi Households: A Cohort Study in Mangochi District (pdf 1,828.4 kb)
Felix Allan Makwinja -
Antiretroviral Therapy in Zambia: Costs, Patient Outcomes and Implications for further scale-up (pdf 431.0 kb)
Michael Hanlon -
ART Guideline Changes and the Potential Impacts on Program Sustainability in Botswana (pdf 607.5 kb)
Peter M Stegman -
Assessment process for human resources for health planning toward more sustainable antiretroviral therapy (ART) treatment and HIV counseling and testing (HCT) services (pdf 158.2 kb)
Wendy Wong -
Assuring the delivery of third-line ART in Brazil: Policy Issues and Perspectives (pdf 447.8 kb)
Constance Marie Meiners Chabin -
Challenges of adapting the standard National AIDS Spending Assessment methodology in some African countries: a case study of Uganda (pdf 860.6 kb)
Christabel Abewe -
Comparative economic positions of orphan, non-orphan and mixed households: Findings from round 3 of the Amajuba District Study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (pdf 138.6 kb)
Gavin George -
Cost and efficiency analysis of the Avahan HIV Prevention programme for high risk groups in India (pdf 675.0 kb)
Chandrashekar S -
Cost effectiveness analysis of PMTCT service delivery modalities in Addis Ababa (Using Decision Models) (pdf 2,245.2 kb)
Elias Asfaw Zegeye -
Disability Grant terminations and the virologic and immunilogic response to ARV treatment (pdf 223.2 kb)
Professor Frederik Booysen -
Economic evaluation of HIV vaccination: current practice and broadened perspectives (pdf 102.2 kb)
Till Bärnighausen -
Evaluating the Costs of Implementing a More Sustainable Response: A Study of PEPFAR Support to Kenya's PMTCT Program, 2005-2010 (pdf 470.4 kb)
Dr. Urbanus Kioko -
Evaluating the Costs of Medication Assisted Therapy in Georgia (pdf 466.9 kb)
Irma Kirtadze -
Explaining variation in the average cost of antiretroviral treatment: Policy and environmental determinants of the cost of ART in Africa (pdf 415.1 kb)
Mead Over -
Financial sustainability of the response to HIV and AIDS in South Africa: comparing the estimated costs of the new South African National Strategic Plan with projected estimates of available funds: exploring funding options. (pdf 2,983.0 kb)
Teresa Guthrie -
How does integration impact the costs and efficiency of delivering HIV services? A summary of baseline costs in Kenya and Swaziland (pdf 253.0 kb)
Carol Dayo Obure -
Introducing new TB diagnostics for those living with HIV: consequences for the South African health budget (pdf 438.7 kb)
Anna Vassall -
Is treatment-as-prevention the new game-changer? Cost and Effectiveness (pdf 247.2 kb)
Till Bärnighausen -
Long-run effects of ART on employment in rural South African households (pdf 322.5 kb)
Till Barnighausen -
Model Based Consensus on the Impact of an RV 144-like HIV Vaccine in Diverse Epidemic Settings (pdf 646.1 kb)
Elisa F. Long -
Modelling cost of ART for prevention (pdf 642.8 kb)
Lawrence Long -
Out-of-pocket costs for patients receiving HIV care and treatment in Kenya (pdf 191.4 kb)
Anna Krivelyova -
Out-of-pocket payments in HIV treatment: Evidence from ten sites (pdf 154.0 kb)
Andrew Beruti -
Outcomes and outpatient costs of pediatric ART in Zambia (pdf 293.7 kb)
Callie Scott -
Risk Management in HIV/AIDS: ethical and economic issues associated with restricting HAART access only to adherent patients as a precautionary intervention (pdf 963.8 kb)
Dr. Richard Chawana -
Rush to Judgement: Confounding in STI-HIV Prevention Trials (pdf 280.5 kb)
Larry Sawers -
Scaling-Up Male Circumcision in Tanzania Yields Cost Benefits for HIV Prevention (pdf 1,431.6 kb)
Veena Menon -
Should the lack of and the poor quality of information on HIV/AIDS unit costs raise concerns about resource allocation inefficiency in Sub Saharan Africa? (pdf 118.0 kb)
Grace Kabaniha -
Site Maturity and Patient Volume are Strong Predictors of HIV Treatment Costs in Resource Limited Settings: Results of a 6 Country Study (pdf 265.3 kb)
Nicolas Menzies -
Spending on Prevention Activities in the SADC Region - Are the Trends and Priorities within an Investment Framework? (ppsx 1,819.4 kb)
Rosette Kyomuhangi Khiga -
Strategies to facilitate timely and rigorous impact evaluation of large-scale HIV interventions (pdf 161.7 kb)
Daniel O'Farrell -
Taking ART to Scale: Determinants of the Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Therapy in 45 Clinical Sites in Zambia (pdf 483.6 kb)
Elliott Marseille -
The cost of inpatient treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in South Africa (pdf 562.3 kb)
Kathryn Schnippel -
The cost of scaling-up Anti-retroviral Treatment: a costing study in 161 representative facilities in Ethiopia, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zambia (pdf 254.8 kb)
Elya Tagar -
The Cost-Effectiveness of Adding a Third HIV Test in Routine HIV Testing to Reduce the Frequency of False Positive Test Results in Sub-Saharan Africa (pdf 1,249.2 kb)
Elliott Marseille -
The cost-effectiveness of early detection and adequate monitoring of HIV/AIDS patients in Mexico (pdf 506.9 kb)
Arantxa Colchero -
The cost-effectiveness of maternal and infant antiretroviral regimens to prevent vertical HIV transmission in Malawi (pdf 407.3 kb)
Paul Reville -
The Costing of HIV Testing and Counseling in Botswana: Capturing Cost and Effectiveness Data for Multiple Service Delivery Models (pptx 8,011.1 kb)
Peter M. Stegman -
The impact of antiretroviral therapy on economic outcomes for South African patients: five-year follow-up and attrition analysis (pdf 308.9 kb)
Sydney Rosen -
Trends of resource allocation for HIV/AIDS in low-income countries: Are there inefficiencies? (pdf 130.3 kb)
Grace Kabaniha -
Value for Money - challenges to current paradigms and suggestions for improvement (pdf 552.7 kb)
Anthony Kinghorn -
Value for money of structural interventions: going beyond HIV-only costs-effectiveness analysis (pdf 274.5 kb)
Michelle Remme