Cost-effectiveness of larviciding for urban malaria control in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Larviciding for malaria control can contribute to an Integrated Vector Management (IVM) approach. This intervention is currently supported in settings where breeding habitats are 'few, fixed, and findable', such as urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa, but the knowledge base regarding the cost-effectiveness of larviciding is non-existent.

Methods

Programme costs and effectiveness data were collected from the Dar es Salaam Urban Malaria Control Programme in Tanzania. Cost-effectiveness ratios (CER) were estimated from the provider and societal perspectives for standard indicators using different malaria transmission scenarios.

Results

CER for microbial larviciding were highly dependent on the assumed baseline malaria incidence rates. Using the societal perspect

SUBMITTER: Maheu-Giroux M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289051 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature