Is malaria control a priority? Evidence from Nepal
通过评估尼泊尔疟疾控制项目的成本效益，发现其与其他健康干预措施相比并不逊色，且能带来资源节约和生产收益，对政策制定者有参考价值。
The research reported here assessed the value of malaria control through a cost-effectiveness study of the vertically-organized malaria control programme in Nepal. It presents a methodological framework for analysing cost-effectiveness which includes resource-saving consequences as well as health consequences. The methods used to collect data on control costs, cases and deaths prevented, treatment costs averted and production gains are described and the assumptions required by the analysis are made explicit. A variety of cost-effectiveness ratios are calculated, sensitivity analysis applied and the policy implications of the results considered. The results from Nepal are compared to estimates for parasitic disease and other health programmes in other countries: it is concluded that the Nepalese programme appears no less cost-effective than many other health interventions. It can also be justified by reference to the population groups benefiting from malaria control.