Is hygiene promotion cost-effective? A case study in Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 960-969

  Borghi, Josephine ^a   Guinness, L ^a   Ouedraogo, J ^a   Curtis, V ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Diarrhoeal disease; Hygiene promotion

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

CHILD HEALTH; COST; HEALTH CARE; HYGIENE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORBIDITY;

BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

JOTURUS PICHARDI;

EID: 0036432803     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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