"Rapid-impact interventions": how a policy of integrated control for Africa's neglected tropical diseases could benefit the poor

PLoS Med. 2005 Nov;2(11):e336. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020336. Epub 2005 Oct 11.

Abstract

Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of people.

MeSH terms

  • Africa
  • Cost Control
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Endpoint Determination
  • Goals
  • Health Care Costs
  • Health Policy*
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / economics*
  • Policy Making
  • Tropical Medicine / economics*
  • Tropical Medicine / trends*