HIV Self-Testing Africa (STAR): Facility-based HIV testing costing data

Data Description

Dataset containing a summarised cost analysis of facility-based HIV testing in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It contains details such as facility IDs, population, HTS throughputs (HTS visits/testing, HIV+ yield, HIV positivity rates and HTS personnels' full time equivalents (FTEs). Detailed costs have been withheld to protect individuals who may be identified or have sensitive details on their salary revealed.

Geographic regions

Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Key dates

Data collection performed between June 2016 and April 2017

Species:

HIV testing facilities

Privacy:

Detailed costs have been withheld to protect individuals who may be identified or have sensitive details on their salary revealed.

Ethics

Approval obtained from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ethics committee.

Keywords

HIV testing and counseling, Costs analysis, Sub-Saharan Africa

Language of written material

English

Project title

UNITAID/PSI HIV Self-Testing Africa (STAR)

Funder/Sponsor

UNITAID

Grant Number

PO # 8477-0-600

Additional Information

Data presented in the 4 spreadsheets are the key input in the cost analysis for the paper titled: Costs of facility-based HIV testing in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Mwenge et al. PlosOne, 2017

Data Creators

Forename Surname Faculty / Dept Institution
Lawrence Mwenge   Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia
Linda Sande   Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
Collin Mangenah   Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research, Harare, Zimbabwe
Nurilign Ahmed Public Health & Policy / Global Health & Development London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Sarah Kanema   Zambart, Lusaka, Zambia
Marc d'Elbee Public Health & Policy / Global Health & Development London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Euphemia Sibanda   Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research, Harare, Zimbabwe
Thokozani Kalua Department of HIV and AIDS Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi
Gertrude Ncube   Ministry of Health and Child Care, Harare, Zimbabwe
Cheryl C. Johnson Department of HIV/AIDS World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Karin Hatzold   Population Services International, Harare, Zimbabwe
Frances M. Cowan   Centre for Sexual Health and HIV AIDS Research, Harare, Zimbabwe
Elizabeth L Corbett Infectious and Tropical Diseases / Clinical Research London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Helen Ayles Infectious and Tropical Diseases / Clinical Research London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Hendramoorthy Maheswaran Division of Health Sciences University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom
Fern Terris-Prestholt Public Health & Policy / Global Health & Development London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

File Description

Filename Description File format
STAR_HIV_testing_costing_data_Excel.xlsx Cost data for Facility based HIV testing in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe Microsoft Excel XML
STAR_HIV_testing_costing_data_CSV.zip As above Zip file containing 5 tab-delimited text files