Human African trypanosomiasis places a substantial economic hardship on affected households

Alexandra Shaw

Arnesen

Cattand

Chandramohan

Eric Makieya

Ettling

Filip Meheus

Fox-Rushby

Fèvre

Goodman

Gouteux

Guyatt

Kapiriri

Lutumba

Marleen Boelaert

Murray

Odiit

Pascal Lutumba

Robays

Russell

Shaw

World Health Organization

Wyss

English

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According to the World Health Organization, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) (sleeping sickness) caused the loss of approximately 1.5 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2002. We describe the effect of HAT during 2000-2002 in Buma, a rural community near Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We used retrospective questionnaire surveys to estimate HAT-related household costs and DALYs. The HAT outbreak in Buma involved 57 patients and affected 47 (21%) households. The cost to each household was equivalent to 5 months' income for that household. The total number of HAT-related DALYs was 2,145, and interventions to control HAT averted 1,408 DALYs. The cost per DALY averted was US $17. Because HAT has a serious economic effect on households and control interventions are cost-effective, considering only global burden of disease rankings for resource allocation could lead to misguided priority setting if applied without caution in HAT-affected countrie

Lutumba, P.

Makieya, E.

Shaw, A.

Meheus, F.

Boelaert, M.

Tropmed Central Antwerp

Human African trypanosomiasis in a rural community, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Human African Trypanosomiasis in a Rural Community, Democratic Republic of Congo

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