Publications by authors named "Peter Mbewe"
Article Synopsis
- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a rising threat in low- and middle-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where health systems struggle to meet the challenge, particularly among people living with HIV (PLHIV).
- The "TASKPEN" initiative has been developed to provide a targeted strategy for addressing hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia in Zambia, utilizing lessons from HIV care to create an integrated approach involving task-shifting and leveraging existing health platforms.
- A cluster randomized trial will be conducted in Lusaka to evaluate TASKPEN's impact on managing both HIV and cardiometabolic diseases, measuring clinical outcomes, quality of life, and cost-effectiveness through a variety of research methods
Background: Historically, the focus of cost-effectiveness analyses has been on the costs to operate and deliver interventions after their initial design and launch. The costs related to design and implementation of interventions have often been omitted. Ignoring these costs leads to an underestimation of the true price of interventions and biases economic analyses toward favoring new interventions.
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