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The health and economic burden of podoconiosis in Ethiopia
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posted on 2023-06-12, 09:19 authored by Kebede Kassaye, Nebiyu Negussu, Melanie NewportMelanie Newport, Gail DaveyGail Davey, Hugo C TurnerBackground: Podoconiosis is one of the leading causes of lymphoedema-related morbidity in low-income settings, but little is known about the scale of its health and economic impact. This information is required to inform control programme planning and policy. In this study, we estimated the health and economic burdens of podoconiosis in Ethiopia. Methods: We developed a model to estimate the health burden attributed to podoconiosis in terms of the number of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and the economic burden. We estimated the economic burden by quantifying the treatment and morbidity management costs incurred by the healthcare system in managing clinical cases, patients’ out-of-pocket costs, and their productivity costs. Results: In 2017, there were 1.5 million cases of podoconiosis in Ethiopia, which corresponds to 172,073 DALYs or 182 per 100,000 people. The total economic burden of podoconiosis in Ethiopia is estimated to be US$213.2 million annually and 91.1% of this resulted from productivity costs. The average economic burden per podoconiosis case was US$136.9. Conclusions: The national cost of podoconiosis is formidable. If control measures are scaled up and the morbidity burden reduced, this will lead to Ethiopia saving millions of dollars. Our estimates provide important benchmark economic costs to programme planners, policy makers and donors for resource allocation and priority setting.
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The Global Atlas of Podoconiosis; G1974; WELLCOME TRUST; 201900/Z/16/Z
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneISSN
0035-9203Publisher
Oxford University PressExternal DOI
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1-9Department affiliated with
- Global Health and Infection Publications
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- Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research Publications
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2020-01-20First Open Access (FOA) Date
2020-02-24First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2020-01-17Usage metrics
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