Moving towards malaria elimination in southern Mozambique: Cost and cost-effectiveness of mass drug administration combined with intensified malaria control
PLos ONE
; 15(7): 1-17, 20200706. tab, ilus
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in English
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| ID: biblio-1353804
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ABSTRACT
As new combinations of interventions aiming at interrupting malaria transmission are under evaluation, understanding the associated economic costs and benefits is critical for decision-making. This study assessed the economic cost and cost-effectiveness of the Magude project, a malaria elimination initiative implemented in a district in southern Mozambique (i.e. Magude) between August 2015June 2018. This project piloted a combination of two mass drug administration (MDA) rounds per year for two consecutive years, annual rounds of universal indoor residual spraying (IRS) and a strengthened surveillance and response system on the back of universal long-lasting insecticide treated net (LLIN) coverage and routine case management implemented by the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP). Although local transmission was not interrupted, the project achieved large reductions in the burden of malaria in the target district.
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Collection:
National databases
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MZ
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
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SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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Neglected Diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
Health problem:
Goal 10: Communicable diseases
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Goal 4: Health financing
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Target 3.3: End transmission of communicable diseases
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Target 3.9: Reduce the amount of deaths produced by dangerous chemicals and the pollution of the air, water and soil
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Malaria
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Neglected Diseases
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Malaria
Database:
RSDM
Main subject:
Cost-Benefit Analysis
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Mass Drug Administration
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Malaria
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
English
Journal:
PLos ONE
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centre for primary care and public health, barts and The london school of medicine & dentistry, queen mary University of London/ES
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Centro de investigacão em saude da manhica (CISM)/MZ
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ISGlobal, hospital clinic -Universitat de Barcelona/ES
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National malaria control program, ministry of health/MZ