Table 1. Estimated effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of past HIV/AIDS programmes in Vietnam, 2006–2010.
| Programme cost | Estimated infections averted (95% UB) | Estimated deaths averted (95% UB) | Estimated DALYs averted (95% UB) | Programme cost per infection averted (95% UB) | Programme cost per death averted (95% UB) | Programme cost per DALY averted (95% UB) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needle and syringe programme | $23,935,822 | 5,212 (2,761, 7,522) | 338 (160, 517) | 16,306 (8,533, 24,253) | $4,592 (3,182, 8,669) | $70,816 (46,298, 149,599) | $1,493 (987, 2,805) |
| Methadone maintenance therapy programme | $853,296 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Condom promotion programme for FSWs | $12,769,281 | 12,035 (8,467, 20,240) | 1,022 (748, 1,421) | 42,231 (30,817, 64,150) | $1,061 (631, 1,508) | $12,494 (8,986, 17,071) | $302 (199, 414) |
| Condom promotion programme for MSM | $3,838,991 | 10,652 (3,080, 13,797) | 678 (250, 810) | 37,190 (10,874, 45,509) | $360 (278, 1,246) | $5,662 (4,739, 15,356) | $103 (84, 353) |
| Antiretroviral therapy programme (including PMTCT) | $45,392,265 | 14,249 (10,426, 21,023) | 41,616 (35,406, 53,515) | 276,401 (221,365, 349,243) | $3,186 (2,159, 4,354) | $1,091 (848, 1,282) | $164 (130, 205) |
| All programmes a | $99,747,684 | 50,570 (36,314, 68,921) | 42,557 (36,070, 54,129) | 401,550 (312,207, 496,278) | $1,972 (1,447, 2,747) | $2,344 (1,843, 2,765) | $248 (201, 319) |
DALY, disability adjusted life-year; FSW, female sex workers; MSM, men who have sex with men; PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV; UB, uncertainty bound of model simulations.
aThis included expenditure on NSP, MMT programme, condom use promotion programmes for FSWs and MSM, sexually transmitted infections programme, voluntary HIV counselling and testing programme, and ART.