Financing essential HIV services: a new economic agenda

Anna Vassall; Michelle Remme; Charlotte Watts; Timothy Hallett; Mariana Siapka; Peter Vickerman; Fern Terris-Prestholt; Markus Haacker; Lori Heise; Andy Haines; Rifat Atun; Peter Piot

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001567

Financing essential HIV services: a new economic agenda

PLoS Med. 2013 Dec;10(12):e1001567. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001567. Epub 2013 Dec 17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ SAME Modelling and Economics, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
² Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
³ Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Imperial College, London, United Kingdom ; Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
⁵ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Anna Vassall and colleagues discuss the need for, and challenges facing, innovative and sustainable financing of the HIV response.

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Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

HIV Infections / economics*
Health Services / economics
Humans

Grants and funding

AV, MR, CW, TH, MS, and RA are funded by the Rush Foundation. AV, MR, CW, and LH are also funded by the STRIVE (Tackling the Structural Drivers of the HIV Epidemic) Research Programme Consortium, funded by the UK Department for International Development. The opinions expressed are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the funding organizations. The funders had no role in the analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.