Costing of a Combination Intervention (Kyaterekera) Addressing Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors among Vulnerable Women in Southern Uganda
Yesim Tozan, Joshua Kiyingi, Sooyoung Kim, Josephine Nabayinda, Flavia Namuwonge, Edward Nsubuga, Fatuma Nakabuye, Ozge Bahar Sensoy, Proscovia Nabunya, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Mary M. McKay, Susan S. Witte, Fred M. Ssewamala

TL;DR
This study estimates the costs of a combined HIV and financial empowerment program for sex workers in Uganda, showing the economic investment needed to reduce sexual risk behaviors.
Contribution
The study provides the first economic costing analysis of a combined HIV and financial empowerment intervention for women in sex work in Uganda.
Findings
The per-participant cost for the control arm was $323, and $1,435 for the intervention arm using the per-protocol sample.
Key cost drivers included individual development accounts, personnel, and transportation due to the dispersed nature of the population.
Intent-to-treat costs were significantly lower at $183 and $588 for the control and intervention arms, respectively.
Abstract
In Uganda, women engaged in sex work (WESW) are a marginalized population at the intersection of multiple vulnerabilities. The Kyaterekera intervention is targeted at WESW in Rakai and the greater Masaka regions in Uganda and combines a traditional HIV risk-reduction approach with a savings-led economic empowerment intervention and financial literacy training. We estimated the economic costs of the Kyaterekera intervention from a program provider perspective using a prospective activity-based micro-costing method. All program activities and resource uses were measured and valued across the control arm receiving a traditional HIV risk-reduction intervention and the treatment arm receiving a matched individual development savings account and financial literacy training on top of HIV risk reduction. The total per-participant cost by arm was adjusted for inflation and discounted at an…
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TopicsSex work and related issues · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
