To screen or not to screen: an interactive framework for comparing costs of mass malaria treatment interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mass drug administration and mass-screen-and-treat interventions have been used to interrupt malaria transmission and reduce burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Determining which strategy will reduce costs is an important challenge for implementers; however, model-based simulations and field studies have yet to develop consensus guidelines. Moreover, there is often no way for decision-makers to directly interact with these data and/or models, incorporate local knowledge and expertise, and re-fit parameters to guide their specific goals.

Methods

We propose a general framework for comparing costs associated with mass drug administrations and mass screen and treat based on the possible outcomes of each intervention and the costs associated with each outcome. We then used p

SUBMITTER: Millar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7304173 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature