The cost of tsetse control using 'Tiny Targets' in the sleeping sickness endemic forest area of Bonon in Cote d'Ivoire: Implications for comparing costs across different settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Work to control the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT), or sleeping sickness, is now directed towards ending transmission of the parasite by 2030. In order to supplement gHAT case-finding and treatment, since 2011 tsetse control has been implemented using Tiny Targets in a number of gHAT foci. As this intervention is extended to new foci, it is vital to understand the costs involved. Costs have already been analysed for the foci of Arua in Uganda and Mandoul in Chad. This paper examines the costs of controlling Glossina palpalis palpalis in the focus of Bonon in Côte d'Ivoire from 2016 to 2017.

Methodology/principal findings

Some 2000 targets were placed throughout the main gHAT transmission area of 130 km2 at a density of 14.9 per km2. The ave

SUBMITTER: Courtin F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8730416 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature