Global cost-benefit analysis of water supply and sanitation interventionsGuy Hutton
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
J Water Health 5:481-502. 2007
..Further country case-studies are recommended as a follow up to this global analysis...
Cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Mozambique and the United Republic of TanzaniaGuy Hutton
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Bull World Health Organ 87:123-9. 2009
..To estimate the cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP)...
- Predicting the cost-effectiveness of introducing a pre-erythrocytic malaria vaccine into the expanded program on immunization in Tanzania
Fabrizio Tediosi
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:131-43. 2006
..The cost-effectiveness ratio increases rapidly and approximately linearly with vaccine cost per dose. The approach can be adopted for comparative analyses of the cost effectiveness of different vaccines and other intervention strategies...
- An approach to model the costs and effects of case management of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sub-saharan Africa
Fabrizio Tediosi
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:90-103. 2006
..The current model is a first step towards useful predictions of the epidemiologic and economic consequences of introducing and/or scaling-up of malaria control interventions...
- The cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lesong Conteh
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
PLoS ONE 5:e10313. 2010
..To date, there have been limited data on the cost-effectiveness of this strategy using sulfadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) and no published data on cost-effectiveness using other antimalarials...
- The costs of introducing a malaria vaccine through the expanded program on immunization in Tanzania
Guy Hutton
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:119-30. 2006
..Although the vaccine price still determines most of the total delivery costs, the analysis shows that other costs are relevant and should be taken into account before marketing the vaccine and planning its inclusion into the EPI...
- Mathematical modeling of the impact of malaria vaccines on the clinical epidemiology and natural history of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: Overview
Thomas Smith
Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Am J Trop Med Hyg 75:1-10. 2006
..This paper outlines for a non-mathematical audience the approach we have taken and its underlying rationale...
- Examining within-country variation of maternity costs in the context of a multicountry, multicentre randomised controlled trial
Guy Hutton
Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 3:161-70. 2004
..In conclusion, cost variations have important implications for the design of clinical trials and for policy makers using evidence from trials in planning health services and budgets...
- Cost valuation in resource-poor settings
Guy Hutton
Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland
Health Policy Plan 20:252-9. 2005
..This paper links insights from social cost-benefit analysis with the current CEA guidelines to develop a more apt approach to cost valuation in resource-poor settings...
- Prioritization of prevention activities to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in resource constrained settings: a cost-effectiveness analysis from Chad, Central Africa
Guy Hutton
Swiss Centre for International Health SCIH, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland
Int J Health Plann Manage 18:117-36. 2003
..The paper concludes with recommendations for which activities should be given priority in the next phase of the national HIV/AIDS control programme in Chad...
- Human health benefits from livestock vaccination for brucellosis: case study
Felix Roth
Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basle, Switzerland
Bull World Health Organ 81:867-76. 2003
..CONCLUSION: If the costs of vaccination of livestock against brucellosis were allocated to all sectors in proportion to the benefits, the intervention might be profitable and cost effective for the agricultural and health sectors...
- Estimating the costs and health benefits of water and sanitation improvements at global level
Laurence Haller
Institute F A Forel, University of Geneva, Switzerland
J Water Health 5:467-80. 2007
..A policy shift to include better household water quality management to complement the continuing expansion of coverage and upgrading of services would appear to be a cost-effective health intervention in many developing countries...
- The sector-wide approach: a blessing for public health?
Guy Hutton
Bull World Health Organ 82:893. 2004
- The cost-effectiveness of introducing hepatitis B vaccine into infant immunization services in Mozambique
Ulla K Griffiths
Department of Vaccines and Biologicals, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Health Policy Plan 20:50-9. 2005
..To estimate the cost-effectiveness of introducing hepatitis B vaccine into routine infant immunization services in Mozambique, which took place in the year 2001...
- Global costs of attaining the Millennium Development Goal for water supply and sanitation
Guy Hutton
Water and Sanitation Program, World Bank, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bull World Health Organ 86:13-9. 2008
..Because of its impacts on a range of diseases, it is a health-related MDG target. This study presents cost estimates of attaining MDG target 10...
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of the impacts on infection and morbidity attributable to three chemotherapy schemes against Schistosoma japonicum in hyperendemic areas of the Dongting Lake region, China
Dongbao Yu
Hunan Institute of Parasitic Diseases, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Control on Schistosomiasis in Lake Regions, Yueyang City, Hunan, China
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 33:441-57. 2002
..Screen chemotherapy is the least favored option in the hyperendemic area of Hunan Province...
- The cost-effectiveness of routine versus restrictive episiotomy in Argentina
Josephine Borghi
Maternal and Child Epidemiology Unit, London School of Hygiene, UK
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:221-8. 2002
..The results are robust and consistent in both provinces. Further research is required to confirm the appropriate indications for episiotomy and the impact on outcomes of variations in episiotomy cost rates...
