AIDS is one of the most significant health care problems worldwide. Due to the difficulty and costs involved in treating HIV, preventing infection is of paramount importance in controlling the AIDS epidemic. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to establish international comparisons on the efficiency of implementation of HIV prevention programmes. To do this we use data from 52 low-and middleincome countries regarding the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Our results indicate that there is a remarkable variation in the efficiency of prevention services across nations, suggesting that a better use of resources could lead to more and improved services, and ultimately, prevent the infection of thousands of children. These results also demonstrate the potential strategic role of DEA for the efficient and effective planning of scarce resources to fight the epidemic.
Para tornar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem mais motivador no Curso de Sistemas de Informação, foi desenvolvido o projeto Mostra de Ideias: uma metodologia gamificada e baseada em problemas. Foi estruturada no formato de competição, e as equipes tinham como objetivo criar startups para apresentar a melhor e mais viável solução tecnológica para problemas reais. As fases da competição incluíam oficinas com especialistas convidados, incrementando o conteúdo da disciplina e o engajamento dos alunos. A validação desta proposta ocorreu através de análise qualitativa e quantitativa, e foi verificado o aumento do desempenho acadêmico na disciplina.
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