Cost-effectiveness of mass drug administration for control of scabies in Ethiopia: a decision-analytic model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The strategies to control scabies in highly endemic populations include individual case/household management and mass drug administration (MDA). We used a decision-analytic model to compare ivermectin-based MDA and individual case/household management (referred to as "usual care") for control of scabies in Ethiopia at different prevalence thresholds for commencing MDA.

Methods

A decision-analytic model was based on a repeated population survey conducted in Northern Ethiopia in 2018-2020, which aimed to evaluate the secondary impact of single-dose ivermectin MDA for the control of onchocerciasis on scabies prevalence. The model estimates the number of scabies cases and costs of two treatment strategies (MDA and usual care) based on their effectiveness, population s

SUBMITTER: Hounsome N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11445614 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature