Cost-effectiveness and resource implications of aggressive action on tuberculosis in China, India, and South Africa: a combined analysis of nine models

Background: The post-2015 End TB Strategy sets global targets of reducing tuberculosis incidence by 50% and mortality by 75% by 2025. We aimed to assess resource requirements and cost-effectiveness of strategies to achieve these targets in China, India, and South Africa. Methods: We examined interve...

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Main Authors: Prof. Nicolas A Menzies, PhD, Gabriela B Gomez, PhD, Fiammetta Bozzani, MSc, Susmita Chatterjee, PhD, Nicola Foster, MPH, Ines Garcia Baena, MSc, Yoko V Laurence, MSc, Prof. Sun Qiang, PhD, Andrew Siroka, PhD, Sedona Sweeney, MSc, Stéphane Verguet, PhD, Nimalan Arinaminpathy, DPhil, Andrew S Azman, PhD, Eran Bendavid, MD, Stewart T Chang, PhD, Prof. Ted Cohen, DPH, Justin T Denholm, PhD, David W Dowdy, MD, Philip A Eckhoff, PhD, Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD, Andreas Handel, PhD, Grace H Huynh, PhD, Marek Lalli, MSc, Hsien-Ho Lin, ScD, Sandip Mandal, PhD, Emma S McBryde, PhD, Surabhi Pandey, PhD, Prof. Joshua A Salomon, PhD, Sze-chuan Suen, MS, Tom Sumner, PhD, James M Trauer, MBBS, Bradley G Wagner, PhD, Prof. Christopher C Whalen, MD, Chieh-Yin Wu, MS, Delia Boccia, PhD, Vineet K Chadha, MD, Salome Charalambous, PhD, Daniel P Chin, MD, Prof. Gavin Churchyard, PhD, Colleen Daniels, MA, Puneet Dewan, MD, Lucica Ditiu, MD, Jeffrey W Eaton, PhD, Prof. Alison D Grant, PhD, Piotr Hippner, MSc, Mehran Hosseini, MD, David Mametja, MPH, Carel Pretorius, PhD, Yogan Pillay, PhD, Kiran Rade, MD, Suvanand Sahu, MD, Lixia Wang, MS, Rein M G J Houben, PhD, Michael E Kimerling, MD, Richard G White, PhD, Anna Vassall, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X16302650