As researchers design new HIV prevention interventions or as communities consider new intervention strategies they should be mindful of how cost effective alternatives might be in reducing the spread of the virus in a given population under different model assumptions. Some researchers have published articles on the cost effectiveness of their interventions under different assumptions, but I don't know of an easy common tool or tools that could do this to make assessments and comparisons across interventions easier. Does anyone know of such an easy to use tool that might be available on the web one could plug values into to get such an rough assessment (e.g., target population (ideally the tool would store updated values for prevalence in that population), effect size of intervention or similar parameter, cost of intervention, numbers of individuals reached, etc.).
This is a great question. One website I find helpful for considering various kinds of HIV interventions through quick summaries, brief data, and references is the "DEBI" website: http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/en/home.aspx I do not know of anything that can calculate cost, unfortunately; however, this may provide some tools for people who are implementing a program to consider several options if one is too costly. There is also a nice social marketing toolkit on the website (which can be low cost!).
http://www.effectiveinterventions.org/en/home.aspx
I do not know right now anyone but, personally, based on the cost of HAART and other treatments associated with HIV infection, it is difficult to not find a study suggesting that preventin is to less expensive than treamente. Almost in HIV intection. Compare a condom prize vs. only 1 antiretroviral...
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