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

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

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Published in:PLoS medicine 2005-11, Vol.2 (11), p.e336-e336
Main Authors: Molyneux, David H, Hotez, Peter J, Fenwick, Alan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Africa
AIDS
Cost Control
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Developing countries
Endpoint Determination
Goals
Health Care Costs
Health Policy
Humans
Infection Control - economics
Infectious Diseases
Initiatives
LDCs
Medicine in Developing Countries
Neglected Diseases
Policy Making
Tropical diseases
Tropical Medicine - economics
Tropical Medicine - trends
Tuberculosis
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Summary:Controlling seven tropical infections in Africa would cost just 40 cents per person per year, and would permanently benefit hundreds of millions of people.
ISSN:1549-1676
1549-1277
1549-1676
DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020336