The cost-effectiveness of blindness prevention by the onchocerciasis control program in Upper Volta (English)

This paper presents a cost effectiveness analysis of blindness prevention by the Onchocerciasis Control Program in Upper Volta, utilizing recent epidemiological data on changes in the incidence of blindness. The effectiveness measure aggregates the prevention of permanent disability and premature death in four different ways: years of healthy life added and years of productive healthy life added, both undiscounted and discounted. An illustrative comparison...

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Prescott, Nicholas;

Prost, Andre;
Document Date
1983/10/31
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
RES7
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Burkina Faso,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2002/03/29
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The cost-effectiveness of blindness prevention by the onchocerciasis control program in Upper Volta
Keywords
onchocerciasis control

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Prescott, Nicholas; Prost, Andre.

The cost-effectiveness of blindness prevention by the onchocerciasis control program in Upper Volta (English). Population, Health and Nutrition Department technical notes ; no. RES 7 Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/202451468007490575

The cost-effectiveness of blindness prevention by the onchocerciasis control program in Upper Volta (English)

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