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The Economic Returns to Investment in AIDS Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries

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"The Economic Returns to Investment in AIDS Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries," is one of the first efforts to look systematically at the expected economic benefits (returns) to large scale investment in AIDS treatment.

Despite the remarkable scale-up of AIDS treatment and prevention programs in low and middle income countries in recent years, each year two million people die from AIDS (most without ever having received antiretrovirals ART) and 2.7 million are newly infected by HIV.

Published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) One, "The Economic Returns to Investment in AIDS Treatment in Low and Middle Income Countries," is one of the first efforts to look systematically at the expected economic benefits (returns) to large scale investment in AIDS treatment.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Journal Articles
R4D Author(s): 
Kira Thorien
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Stephen Resch
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconR4D PLoS ONE Final Manuscript 10.5.11.pdf

Obstacles to New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs

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Lack of assistance has already led some Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs) to fall behind in requiring children to be vaccinated from vaccine-preventable diseases. This study analyzes the challenges LMICs face as they consider the adoption of new vaccines and identifies practical interventions to address issues uncovered.

 

In 2008, both the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Assembly and the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization noted that little had been documented concerning the obstacles faced by Lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) in adopting new vaccines. LMICs receive little external support for their vaccination programs, despite a birth cohort of nearly 80 million and the burden of disease from vaccine-preventable diseases.  The GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) assists 41 low-income countries (LIC), as well as some (31) coun

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2011
Main Contact: 
Marty Makinen
R4D Author(s): 
Marty Makinen
Funder(s): 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Connected Project: 
Constraints to Vaccine Adoption in Lower and Middle Income Countries
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconNew Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Final.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_English.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_French.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Spanish.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Arabic.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Russian.pdf

Transparency & Accountability Program

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Since its inception in 2006, the Transparency and Accountability Program (TAP) has strengthened the capacity of independent monitoring organizations (IMOs) in low- and middle-income countries to better hold their governments accountable and to promote improvements in social sector public spending and service delivery. 

 

 

 

Main Contact: 
Caroline Poirrier
Website: 
http://tap.resultsfordevelopment.org
Funder: 
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Caroline Poirrier
Courtney Heck
Courtney Tolmie
Nicholas Burnett

Long-Run Costs and Financing of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

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South Africa is facing a mounting financial challenge in its fight against the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. With 5.7 million people currently infected with the HIV virus and an additional half million adults and children becoming newly infected each year, South Africa stands at a critical crossroads.

South Africa is facing a mounting financial challenge in its fight against the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. With 5.7 million people currently infected with the HIV virus and an additional half million adults and children becoming newly infected each year, South Africa stands at a critical crossroads.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Gabrielle Partridge
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Teresa Guthrie, Nhlanhla Ndlovu, Kelsey Case
Funder(s): 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder(s): 
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconaids2031 South Africa Report_Published 2010.pdf

Improving Stewardship of Complex Mixed Health Systems: Lessons from the US Health System: Learning from Health Care in the United States

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This report, produced in partnership with the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution, explores lessons learned for the stewardship of mixed health system based on health care experiences in the United States.  

This report, produced in partnership with the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution, explores lessons learned for the stewardship of mixed health system based on health care experiences in the United States.   The report considers the role of professional associations, policy consultation and analysis mechanisms, health information collection, and accreditation.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Amanda Folsom
R4D Author(s): 
David de Ferranti
R4D Author(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Folsom, Amanda and Aarthi Rao, Gina Lagomarsino, Rob Hecht and David de Ferranti
Connected Project: 
Improving Stewardship of Mixed Health Systems: Lessons from the US Health System
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconStewardship Report.pdf
application/pdf iconStewardship Issue Brief.pdf

Costs & Choices: Financing the Long-Term Fight Against AIDS

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This book recommends a series of actions that can move the world toward a better future in dealing with AIDS, while using financial resources in a more efficient and affordable manner.

35 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WORLDWIDE

OVER 2.5 MILLION BECOME INFECTED EVERY YEAR

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
David de Ferranti
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Kira Thorien
R4D Author(s): 
Richard Skolnik
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
William McGreevey
Funder(s): 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconaids2031 Cost & Choices.pdf
application/pdf iconaids2031 Cost&Choices (Environmentally Friendly).pdf

Critical Choices In Financing: The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic

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This paper examines potential long-term costs and financing options for the global AIDS response under four different scenarios and provides policy recommendations based on projected epidemiological and financial impacts.

This paper was published as part of the November/December 2009 edition of Health Affairs, a special issue focusing on the global response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The paper presents the findings of the aids2031 Costs and Financing Working Group, and addresses the following key questions: 

Publication & Resource Type: 
Journal Articles
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Robert Hecht, Lori Bollinger, John Stover, William McGreevey, Farzana Muhib, Callisto Emas Madavo and David de Ferranti
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Link to Publication-Resource: 
Critical Choices In Financing

Constraints to Vaccine Adoption in Lower and Middle Income Countries

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Results for Development Institute (R4D) recently completed a study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the challenges that Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs) face as they consider the adoption of new vaccines.  

Results for Development Institute (R4D) completed a study funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on the challenges that Lower Middle Income Countries (LMICs) face as they consider the adoption of new vaccines. The study was conceived in response to a growing recognition on the part of the WHO that LMICs receive little support for their vaccination programs, despite having a heavy burden of disease and accounting for a large share of the world’s poor.

Main Contact: 
Marty Makinen
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Kira Thorien
Lara Wilson
Maria Belenky
Marty Makinen
Robert Hecht
Attached File(s): 
application/pdf iconNew Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Final.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_English.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_French.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Spanish.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Arabic.pdf
application/pdf iconExecutive Summary_New Vaccine Adoption in LMICs_Russian.pdf

Assessing Innovations in Global Health R&D Policy and Financing

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R4D is leading the formation of an assessment center for innovative global health R&D policy and finance proposals. The focus is on proposed new ideas aimed at accelerating the development of drugs and other health technologies for neglected diseases. Visit www.healthresearchpolicy.org to learn more.

The Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment website is now live.

Visit www.healthresearchpolicy.org to read the latest blogs and learn more about current assessments. Additionally, read below for more details on this project.

Website: 
http://www.healthresearchpolicy.org
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Aarthi Rao
Robert Hecht

Public Stewardship of Private Providers in Mixed Health Systems (Article in Corporate Council on Africa’s Fall Health & HIV/AIDS Newsletter)

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This article is based on the synthesis report Public Stewardship of Private Providers in Mixed Health Systems

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2009
Main Contact: 
Donika Dimovska
R4D Author(s): 
Donika Dimovska
R4D Author(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Author(s): 
Stefan Nachuk, Rockefeller Foundation
Funder(s): 
The Rockefeller Foundation
Connected Project: 
The Role of the Private Sector in Health Systems
Connected Project: 
Transforming Health Systems Initiative (THS)
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconPublic Stewardship Article.pdf
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