WorldBankHIVAIDSProgramDevelopmentProject(II).docVIP

PAGE  PAGE iv 70370 World Bank HIV/AIDS Program Development Project (II) in Nigeria, an exploration of TB and TB/HIV options Report by Remi Verduin Public Health Consultant and World Bank Short Term Consultant in collaboration with Isa Samson Specialist Physician Central Unit NTBLCP  “The marginal benefits of implementing the Global Plan to Stop TB relative to a no-DOTS scenario is large (exceeding the marginal costs by a factor of 15 in the 22 high-burden endemic countries, a factor of 9 (95% CI, 8-9) in the whole Africa region). Uncertainty analysis shows that benefit-cost ratio