The monetary value of human lives lost through Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Between 8 May 2018 and 27 May 2019, cumulatively there were 1286 deaths from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The objective of this study was to estimate the monetary value of human lives lost through EVD in DRC.

Methods

Human capital approach was applied to monetarily value years of life lost due to premature deaths from EVD. The future losses were discounted to their present values at 3% discount rate. The model was reanalysed using 5 and 10% discount rates. The analysis was done alternately using the average life expectancies for DRC, the world, and the Japanese females to assess the effect on the monetary value of years of life lost (MVYLL).

Results

The 1286 deaths resulted in a total MVYLL of Int$17,761,539 assuming

SUBMITTER: Kirigia JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724278 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature