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Cost-effectiveness of community vegetable gardens for people living with HIV in Zimbabwe

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Title
Cost-effectiveness of community vegetable gardens for people living with HIV in Zimbabwe
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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, April 2014
DOI 10.1186/1478-7547-12-11
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Chloe Puett, Cécile Salpéteur, Elisabeth Lacroix, Simbarashe Dennis Zimunya, Anne-Dominique Israël, Myriam Aït-Aïssa

Abstract

There is little evidence to date of the potential impact of vegetable gardens on people living with HIV (PLHIV), who often suffer from social and economic losses due to the disease. From 2008 through 2011, Action Contre la Faim France (ACF) implemented a project in Chipinge District, eastern Zimbabwe, providing low-input vegetable gardens (LIGs) to households of PLHIV. Program partners included Médecins du Monde, which provided medical support, and Zimbabwe's Agricultural Extension Service, which supported vegetable cultivation. A survey conducted at the end of the program found LIG participants to have higher Food Consumption Scores (FCS) and Household Dietary Diversity Scores (HDDS) relative to comparator households of PLHIV receiving other support programs. This study assessed the incremental cost-effectiveness of LIGs to improve FCS and HDDS of PLHIV compared to other support programs.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 96 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 23%
Researcher 20 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 12 12%
Student > Bachelor 5 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 5%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 21 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 17 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 8%
Psychology 5 5%
Other 20 21%
Unknown 24 25%
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