1. Cost-effectiveness of social marketing of insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in the United Republic of Tanzania
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Hanson Kara, Kikumbih Nassor, Schellenberg Joanna Armstrong, Mponda Haji, Nathan Rose, Lake Sally, Mills Anne, Tanner Marcel, and Lengeler Christian
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Bedding and linens ,Insecticides ,Social marketing ,Cost-benefit analysis ,Malaria ,Falciparum/prevention and control ,Case-control studies ,Cross-sectional studies ,United Republic of Tanzania ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the costs and consequences of a social marketing approach to malaria control in children by means of insecticide-treated nets in two rural districts of the United Republic of Tanzania, compared with no net use. METHODS: Project cost data were collected prospectively from accounting records. Community effectiveness was estimated on the basis of a nested case-control study and a cross-sectional cluster sample survey. FINDINGS: The social marketing approach to the distribution of insecticide-treated nets was estimated to cost US$ 1560 per death averted and US$ 57 per disability-adjusted life year averted. These figures fell to US$ 1018 and US$ 37, respectively, when the costs and consequences of untreated nets were taken into account. CONCLUSION: The social marketing of insecticide-treated nets is an attractive intervention for preventing childhood deaths from malaria.
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- 2003