SynthesisParasites & vectors2018
Economic evaluations of lymphatic filariasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs.
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- Economic evaluations of onchocerciasis interventions: a systematic review and research needs.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2019Pooled it
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- Modelling the cost of engage & treat and test & treat strategies towards the elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Ghana.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Mathematical study of the dynamics of lymphatic filariasis infection via fractional-calculus.European physical journal plus · 2023Article
- Financing care for Severe Stigmatizing Skin Diseases (SSSDs) in Liberia: challenges and opportunities.International journal for equity in health · 2022Article
- A refined and updated health impact assessment of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (2000-2020).Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Risk Factors of Noncompliance to Preventive Mass Drug Administration for Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis: A Case-Control Study in Jawi District, Northwest Ethiopia.Journal of tropical medicine · 2022Article
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- Health economic analyses of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis.International health · 2020Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of Mass Treatment with Azithromycin for Reducing Child Mortality in Malawi: Secondary Analysis from the MORDOR Trial.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
- When, Who, and How to Sample: Designing Practical Surveillance for 7 Neglected Tropical Diseases as We Approach Elimination.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2020Article
- The Health and Economic Burdens of Lymphatic Filariasis Prior to Mass Drug Administration Programs.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020Article
- The health and economic burden of podoconiosis in Ethiopia.Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020Article
- Evaluation of Actin-1 Expression in Wild CaughtJournal of pathogens · 2020Article
- Cost-effectiveness and social outcomes of a community-based treatment for podoconiosis lymphoedema in the East Gojjam zone, Ethiopia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
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Abstract
In 2000, the World Health Organization established the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF), with the goal of eliminating the disease as a public health problem by 2020. Since the start of the programme, a cumulative total of 6.2 billion treatments have been delivered to affected populations - with more than 556 million people treated in 2015 alone. In this paper, we perform a rigorous systematic review of the economic evaluations of lymphatic filariasis interventions have been conducted. We demonstrate that the standard interventions to control lymphatic filariasis are consistently found to be highly cost-effective. This finding has important implications for advocacy groups and potential funders. However, there are several important inconsistencies and research gaps that need to be addressed as we move forward towards the 2020 elimination goals. One of the most important identified research gaps was a lack of evaluation of new interventions specifically targeting areas co-endemic with onchocerciasis and Loa loa - which could become a major barrier to achieving elimination.
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