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TitelHuman African trypanosomiasis in a rural community, Democratic Republic of Congo  
AuteursP. Lutumba, E. Makieya, A. Shaw, F. Meheus, M. Boelaert
Jaar2007
TijdschriftEmerging Infectious Diseases
Jaargang13
Serienummer2
Pagina's248-254
OrganisatieKIT - Royal Tropical Institute
OnderwerpHealth and Nutrition
Trefwoordenhealth, disease prevention and control
Regio'sAfrica, Africa South of Sahara, Central Africa
LandDemocratic Republic of the Congo
SamenvattingAccording to the World Health Organization, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) (sleeping sickness) caused the loss of ≈1.5 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2002. This article describes the effect of HAT during 2000–2002 in Buma, a rural community near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Retrospective questionnaire surveys were used to estimate HAT-related household costs and DALYs. The HAT outbreak in Buma involved 57 patients and affected 47 (21%) households. The cost to each household was equivalent to 5 months’ income for that household. The total number of HAT-related DALYs was 2,145, and interventions to control HAT averted 1,408 DALYs. The cost per DALY averted was US $17. Because HAT has a serious economic effect on households and control interventions are cost-effective, considering only global burden of disease rankings for resource allocation could
lead to misguided priority setting if applied without caution in HAT-affected countries.
TaalEngels
CategorieResearch
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