Expanding ART for treatment and prevention of HIV in South Africa: estimated cost and cost-effectiveness 2011-2050.

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Published in PLoS One on February 13, 2012

Authors

Reuben Granich1, James G Kahn, Rod Bennett, Charles B Holmes, Navneet Garg, Celicia Serenata, Miriam Lewis Sabin, Carla Makhlouf-Obermeyer, Christina De Filippo Mack, Phoebe Williams, Louisa Jones, Caoimhe Smyth, Kerry A Kutch, Lo Ying-Ru, Marco Vitoria, Yves Souteyrand, Siobhan Crowley, Eline L Korenromp, Brian G Williams

Author Affiliations

1: HIV/AIDS Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. granichr@who.int

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