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Cost of childhood cancer treatment in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-02)Background: Despite the recent interest in expanding pediatric oncology units in Ethiopia, reflected in the National Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Control Plan (NCACCP), little is known about the cost of running a pediatric ... -
Cost of individual peer counselling for the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-06-29)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for 6 months is the recommended form of infant feeding. Support of mothers through individual peer counselling has been proved to be effective in increasing exclusive breastfeeding ... -
Cost-analysis of COVID-19 sample collection, diagnosis, and contact tracing in low resource setting: The case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Ethiopia has been responding to the COVID-19 pandemic through a combination of interventions, including non-pharmaceutical interventions, quarantine, testing, isolation, contact tracing, and clinical management. ... -
Cost-benefit and extended cost-effectiveness analysis of a comprehensive adolescent pregnancy prevention program in Zambia: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12-19)Background: Early marriages, pregnancies and births are the major cause of school drop-out among adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa. Birth complications are also one of the leading causes of death among adolescent ... -
A cost-effectiveness analysis of maternal and neonatal health interventions in Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-18)Ethiopia is one of the sub-Saharan African countries contributing to the highest number of maternal and neonatal deaths. Coverage of maternal and neonatal health (MNH) interventions has remained very low in Ethiopia. We ... -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of population-based tobacco control strategies in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-02)Background: Tobacco consumption contributes significantly to the global burden of disease. The prevalence of smoking is estimated to be increasing in many low-income countries, including Tanzania, especially among women ... -
Cost-effectiveness of anti-retroviral therapy at a district hospital in southern Ethiopia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2009-07-17)Background: As the resource implications of expanding anti-retroviral therapy (ART) are likely to be large, there is a need to explore its cost-effectiveness. So far, there is no such information available from Ethiopia. ... -
Cost-effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine compared with artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated malaria in children at a district hospital in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-15)Background: Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DhP) is highly recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. This study aims to compare the costs, health benefits and cost-effectiveness of DhP and artemether-lumefantrine ... -
Cost-effectiveness of facility-based, stand-alone and mobile-based voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: Globally, there is a consensus to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, and one of the strategies to achieve this target is that 90% of people living with HIV should know their HIV status. Even if there is strong ... -
Cost-effectiveness of household contact investigation for detection of tuberculosis in Pakistan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objectives Despite WHO guidelines recommending household contact investigation, and studies showing the impact of active screening, most tuberculosis (TB) programmes in resource-limited settings only carry out passive ... -
Cost-Effectiveness of Hydroxyurea for Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low-Income African Setting: A Model-Based Evaluation of Two Dosing Regimens
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background and Objective The disease burden of sickle cell anemia (SCA) in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is substantial, with many children dying without an established diagnosis or proper treatment. The global ... -
The cost-effectiveness of incentive-based active case finding for tuberculosis (TB) control in the private sector Karachi, Pakistan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-10-12)Background: In Asia, over 50% of patients with symptoms of tuberculosis (TB) access health care from private providers. These patients are usually not notified to the National TB Control Programs, which contributes to low ... -
Cost-effectiveness of integrated treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people who inject drugs in Norway: An economic evaluation of the INTRO-HCV trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background and aims The INTRO-HCV randomized controlled trial conducted in Norway over 2017–2019 found that integrated treatment, compared with standard-of-care hospital treatment, for hepatitis C virus (HCV) with ... -
Cost-effectiveness of live oral attenuated human rotavirus vaccine in Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-04-28)Background. Globally, diarrhoea is the second leading cause of morbidity and mortality, responsible for the annual loss of about 10% of the total global childhood disease burden. In Tanzania, Rotavirus infection is the ... -
Cost-effectiveness of medical interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease in a sub-Saharan African country – the case of Tanzania
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-02-22)Background: There is a high and rising prevalence of cardiovascular risk in sub-Saharan Africa, a development typical for countries in epidemiological transition. Contrary to recommendations in treatment guidelines, medical ... -
Cost-effectiveness of medical primary prevention strategies to reduce absolute risk of cardiovascular disease in Tanzania: a Markov modelling study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05-17)Background. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a growing cause of mortality and morbidity in Tanzania, but contextualized evidence on cost-effective medical strategies to prevent it is scarce. We aim to perform a cost-effectiveness ... -
Cost-Effectiveness of Mobile Stroke Unit Care in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background: Acute ischemic stroke treatment in mobile stroke units (MSUs) reduces time-to-treatment and increases thrombolytic rates, but implementation requires substantial investments. We wanted to explore the ... -
Cost-Effectiveness of Peer Counselling for the Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Uganda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11-30)Background: Community based breastfeeding promotion programmes have been shown to be effective in increasing breastfeeding prevalence. However, there is limited data on the cost-effectiveness of these programmes in sub-Saharan ... -
Cost-effectiveness of running a paediatric oncology unit in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of running a paediatric oncology unit in Ethiopia to inform the revision of the Ethiopia Essential Health Service Package (EEHSP), which ranks the treatment of childhood cancers ... -
Cost-Effectiveness of Saxagliptin Compared With Glibenclamide as a Second-Line Therapy Added to Metformin for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ethiopia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background. Metformin is a widely accepted first-line pharmacotherapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Treatment of T2DM with glibenclamide, saxagliptin, or one of the other second-line treatment agents ...