The Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Male Trichomoniasis to Avert HIV Transmission in Men Seeking Sexually Transmitted Disease Care in Malawi

In 1995, an international team reported that improved syndromic management of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in Mwanza, Tanzania, had reduced HIV incidence by 38% in intervention compared to control communities. However, the team has not addressed confound: project interventions might have reduced HIV transmission during health care through provision of syringes and benzathine (replacing short acting) penicillin and through interactions with a coeval safe injection initiative. Mwanza's success in lowering HIV incidence is a puzzle, since it was achieved with only minor reductions in observed STD prevalence. Despite incomplete analyses, reports from Mwanza have encouraged expansion of STD treatment. However, should success be attributed to injection safety rather than to decreased STD prevalence — an hypothesis that fits published data — expanded STD treatment without attention to injection safety could, ironically, increase rather than decrease HIV incidence. To control for confound, additional data and analyses from the Mwanza study are warranted.

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Cost-effectiveness of a brief video-based HIV intervention for African American and Latino sexually transmitted disease clinic clients

AIDS ◽

10.1097/00002030-200104130-00014 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 781-787 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Michael Sweat ◽

Carl O'Donnell ◽

Lydia O'Donnell

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽

Transmitted Disease ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Hiv Intervention ◽

Disease Clinic ◽

Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Michigan’s School-Wide Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening Program in Four Detroit High Schools

Journal of Adolescent Health ◽

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.05.014 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Li Yan Wang ◽

Amy Peterson ◽

Jingjing Li ◽

Kenneth Coleman ◽

Richard Dunville

Keyword(s):

High Schools ◽

Cost Effectiveness ◽

Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽

Screening Program ◽

Transmitted Disease ◽

Disease Screening ◽

Cost Effectiveness Analysis ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Effectiveness Analysis

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Women, contraception and HIV

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin ◽

10.1136/dtb.31.25.97 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 31 (25) ◽

pp. 97-98

Keyword(s):

Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Hiv Infection ◽

Sexual Intercourse ◽

Sexually Transmitted Disease ◽

Hiv Transmission ◽

Transmitted Disease ◽

Barrier Methods ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Immunodeficiency Virus ◽

Hiv Transmission To Women

Sexual intercourse brings with it the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), which might include human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Many women involved in penetrative sex will use some form of contraception and while barrier methods offer some protection against HIV infection, other methods might increase the risk. This article looks at how different methods of contraception affect the risk of HIV transmission to women.

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