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 1560 US dollars per death averted and 57 US dollars per disability-adjusted life year averted. These figures fell to 1018 US dollars and 37 US dollars, 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.
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 1560 US dollars per death averted and 57 US dollars per disability-adjusted life year averted. These figures fell to 1018 US dollars and 37 US dollars, 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.
Authors: Jan H Kolaczinski; Kate Kolaczinski; Daniel Kyabayinze; Daniel Strachan; Matilda Temperley; Nayantara Wijayanandana; Albert Kilian Journal: Malar J Date: 2010-04-20 Impact factor: 2.979
Authors: Ryuichi Komatsu; Eline L Korenromp; Daniel Low-Beer; Catherine Watt; Christopher Dye; Richard W Steketee; Bernard L Nahlen; Rob Lyerla; Jesus M Garcia-Calleja; John Cutler; Bernhard Schwartländer Journal: BMC Infect Dis Date: 2010-04-30 Impact factor: 3.090
Authors: Benjamin G Koudou; Hala Ghattas; Clémence Essé; Christian Nsanzabana; Fabian Rohner; Jürg Utzinger; Brian E Faragher; Andres B Tschannen Journal: Parasit Vectors Date: 2010-09-22 Impact factor: 3.876