Background: the costs of HIV/AIDS interventions in Indonesia are largely unknown. Knowing these costs is animportant input for policy makers in the decision-making of setting priorities among HIV/AIDS interventions. Theaim of this analysis is to determine the costs of four HIV/AIDS interventions in Bandung, Indonesia in 2015, to informthe local AIDS commission. Methods: data on utilization and costs of the different interventions were collected in asexual transmitted infections (STI)-clinic and the KPA, the local HIV/AIDS commission, for the period of January2015-December 2015. The costs were estimated from a societal perspective, using a micro-costing approach. Results:the total annualized costs for condom distribution, mobile voluntary counselling and testing (VCT), religious basedinformation, communication, and education (IEC) and STI services equalled US$56,926, US$2,985, US$1,963 andUS$5,865, respectively. Conclusion: this analysis has provided cost estimates of four different HIV/AIDS interventionsin Bandung, Indonesia. Additionally, it has estimated the costs of scaling up these interventions. Together, this providesimportant information for policy makers vis-à-vis the implementation of these interventions. However, an evaluationof the effectiveness of these interventions is needed to estimate the cost-effectiveness.
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