The cost of large-scale school health programmes which deliver anthelmintics to children in Ghana and Tanzania

• Published in: Acta tropica Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 183 - 204
• Main Author: Partnership for Child Development, The
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 30.07.1999; Elsevier
• Subjects: Anthelmintics; Biological and medical sciences; Cost analysis; Ghana; Health; Medical sciences; Prevention and actions; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; School; Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...); Tanzania; Tropical medicine; Ghana; Africa; Tanzania; Anthelmintics; School; Ghana; Cost analysis; Health; Tanzania; Human; Sanitary program; School age; Anthelmintic; Sanitary control; Treatment; Mass campaign; Health economy; Child; Public health

It has been argued that the delivery of anthelmintics to school-children through existing education infrastructure can be one of the most cost-effective approaches to controlling parasitic worm infection. This paper examines the actual costs of a combination of mass and selective treatment for schis...