Cost-effectiveness of sleeping sickness elimination campaigns in five settings of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Marina Antillon; Ching-I Huang; Ronald E. Crump; Paul E. Brown; Rian Snĳders; Erick Mwamba Miaka; Matt J. Keeling; Kat S. Rock; Fabrizio Tediosi

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28598-w

Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Cost-effectiveness of sleeping sickness elimination campaigns in five settings of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Marina Antillon,
Ching-I Huang,
Ronald E. Crump,
Paul E. Brown,
Rian Snĳders,
Erick Mwamba Miaka,
Matt J. Keeling,
Kat S. Rock,
Fabrizio Tediosi

Affiliations

Marina Antillon: Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Ching-I Huang: Zeeman Institute, University of Warwick
Ronald E. Crump: Zeeman Institute, University of Warwick
Paul E. Brown: Zeeman Institute, University of Warwick
Rian Snĳders: Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Erick Mwamba Miaka: Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (PNLTHA)
Matt J. Keeling: Zeeman Institute, University of Warwick
Kat S. Rock: Zeeman Institute, University of Warwick
Fabrizio Tediosi: Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28598-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis has been targeted for elimination of transmission by 2030. Here, the authors assess the cost-effectiveness of elimination strategies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and find that those which lead to elimination of transmission might also be considered cost-effective by conventional thresholds.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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