Cost Utility of Supporting Family-Based Care to Prevent HIV and Deaths Among Orphaned and Separated Children in East Africa: A Markov Model–Based Simulation

Marta Wilson-Barthes, Paula Braitstein, Allison DeLong, David Ayuku, Omar Galárraga, Lukoye Atwoli, Edwin Sang,

Strengthening family-based care is a key policy response to the more than 15 million orphaned and separated children who have lost one or both parents in sub-Saharan Africa. This analysis estimated the cost-effectiveness of family-based care environments for preventing HIV and death in this population. 

Cost Utility of Supporting Family-Based Care to Prevent HIV and Deaths among Orphaned and Separated Children in East Africa: A Markov Model–Based Simulation