Health, financial, and education gains of investing in preventive chemotherapy for schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases, and lymphatic filariasis in Madagascar: A modeling study.
Jan Walter De NeveRija L AndriantavisonKevin CrokeJohannes KrisamVoahirana H RajoelaRary A RakotoarivonyValérie RambelosonLinda SchultzJumana QamruddinStéphane VerguetPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018)
This analysis incorporates financial and education gains into the economic evaluation of health interventions, and therefore provides information about the efficiency of attainment of three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our findings reveal how the national scale-up of NTD control in Madagascar can help address health (SDG3), economic (SDG1), and education (SDG4) goals. This study further highlights the potentially large societal benefits of investing in NTD control in low-resource settings.