Open AccessInnovations in health and demographic surveillance systems to establish the causal impacts of HIV policies
Author(s) -
Kobus Herbst,
Matthew Law,
Pascal Geldsetzer,
Frank Tanser,
Guy Harling,
Till Bärnighausen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
current opinion in hiv and aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-6318
pISSN - 1746-630X
DOI - 10.1097/coh.0000000000000203
Subject(s) - public health , medicine , psychological intervention , population , data collection , economic growth , business , environmental health , nursing , economics , sociology , social science
Health and demographic surveillance systems (HDSS), in conjunction with HIV treatment cohorts, have made important contributions to our understanding of the impact of HIV treatment and treatment-related interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. The purpose of this review is to describe and discuss innovations in data collection and data linkage that will create new opportunities to establish the impacts of HIV treatment, as well as policies affecting the treatment cascade, on population health and economic and social outcomes.