Cost and benefits of controlling parasitic diseases (English)

This paper is a review of the literature on the costs and benefits of control programs designed to combat major parasitic diseases, including protozoal and helminthic diseases. Over one hundred studies containing information on costs, health and/or economic effects of disease control were reviewed. Four principal definitions of cost-effectiveness are used in the literature: cost per person protection, per death averted, per case-year prevented and...
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Barlow, Robin; Grobar, Lisa M..

Cost and benefits of controlling parasitic diseases (English). Population, Health and Nutrition Department technical note ; no. PHN 8517 Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/536351468173372118

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