David Contreras-Loya

TL;DR: The costs presented in this article provide the minimum amount that the country should invest to achieve better breastfeeding practices and represent nearly 27% of the absolute number of episodes of such diseases.

TL;DR: Important differences in unit costs along the HTC and PMTCT service cascades within and between countries are found suggesting that more efficient delivery of these services is possible.

TL;DR: Key bottlenecks of the maternal healthcare continuum that should be addressed by policy makers through a combination of supply side interventions and interventions directed to social determinants of access to health care are identified.

TL;DR: Examination of retrospective data from government and non‐governmental health facilities for 2011‐12 shows evidence of economies of scale for PMTCT and VMMC, and suggests HIV prevention costs may be contained by using task shifting, non‐hospital sites, service integration and community supervision.

TL;DR: Characteristics of services associated with the most efficient implementation of ART services in Nigeria are identified to help design efficient program scale-up to deliver comprehensive HIV services by distinguishing features linked to lower unit costs.