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Paying to waste lives: the affordability of reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa

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  • Skordis, Jolene & Nattrass, Nicoli, 2002. "Paying to waste lives: the affordability of reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in South Africa," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 21(3), pages 405-421, May.
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    2. Anand, Sudhir & Hanson, Kara, 1997. "Disability-adjusted life years: a critical review," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(6), pages 685-702, December.
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    1. Paul Gavaza & Karen Rascati & Abiola Oladapo & Star Khoza, 2012. "The State of Health Economic Research in South Africa," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 30(10), pages 925-940, October.
    2. M S Rauner & S C Brailsford & S Flessa, 2005. "Use of discrete-event simulation to evaluate strategies for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in developing countries," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 56(2), pages 222-233, February.
    3. Fabrizio Carmignani & Grace Lordan & Kam Ki Tang, 2012. "Does Donor Assistance For Hiv Respond To Media Pressure?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 21(S1), pages 18-32, June.
    4. Nicholas Wilson, 2011. "Fertility Responses to Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV," Center for Development Economics 2011-08, Department of Economics, Williams College, revised Sep 2011.
    5. Young Soo Kim, 2015. "Obstacles to the response to HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Historical legacies in perception and policy environment in 1994–2006," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 18(2), pages 199-215, June.
    6. William W. Olney, 2015. "Remittances and the Wage Impact of Immigration," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 50(3), pages 694-727.

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