Research Article

The Incremental Cost of Delivering PrEP as a Bridge to ART for HIV Serodiscordant Couples in Public HIV Care Clinics in Kenya

Table 3

Annual incremental cost of adding a PrEP component for HIV uninfected partners in HIV serodiscordant relationships to the current ART program.

Type of cost As studied less research and current care costsWith Ministry of Health costs

ā€‰For couplesPer coupleFor couplesPer couple

Personnel$70,723.85$48.97$51,000.00$35.31

Medication$303,271.22$210.00$48,378.98$33.50

Laboratory tests$37,186.83$25.75$18,051.86$12.50

Supplies$2,793.72$1.93$2,514.35$1.74

Building and Vehicle costs$1,200.00$0.83$1,200.00$0.83

Recruitment activities$25,957.00$17.97$3,875.00$2.68

Start up activities$422.77$0.29$317.97$0.22

Total cost (US $)$441,555.40$305.75$125,338.15$86.79

We estimate that an HIV care clinic can enroll 1444 HIV serodiscordant couples into the integrated PrEP and ART program in a year.