A literature review of economic evaluations for a neglected tropical disease: human African trypanosomiasis ("sleeping sickness").

ABSTRACT: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a disease caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b. rhodesiense. It is transmitted to humans via the tsetse fly. Approximately 70 million people worldwide were at risk of infection in 1995, and approximately 20,000 people across Africa are infected with HAT. The objective of this review was to identify existing economic evaluations in order to summarise cost-effective interventions to reduce, control, or eliminate the burden of HAT. The studies included in the review were compared and critically appraised in order to determine if there were existing standardised methods that could be used for economic evaluation of HAT interventions or if innovative methodological approaches are warranted. A search strategy was develo

SUBMITTER: Sutherland CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4318581 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature