Cost-effectiveness of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in upper west region of Ghana

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Nonvignon, Justice ^a   Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia ^a   Issah, Shamwill ^b   Ansah, Patrick ^c   Malm, Keziah L ^d   Ofosu, Winfred ^d   Tagoe, Titus ^d   Agyemang, Samuel Agyei ^a   Aikins, Moses ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UK Department for International Development   (Ghana)

^c NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Incremental cost effectiveness ratios; Seasonal malaria chemoprevention; Under five

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIMALARIALS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; SEASONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84978743858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1418-z     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. WHO. World Malaria Report 2015. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.
2. Ghana Health Service. National malaria control programme annual report 2014. Ghana Health Service: Republic of Ghana; 2014.
3. Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service (GHS), ICF International. Ghana demographic and health survey 2014. Rockville: GSS, GHS, and ICF International; 2015.
4. World Health Organization. World Malaria Report 2013. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014.
5. Wilson AL, on behalf of the IT. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children (IPTc). PLoS One. 2011;6:16976.
6. Meremikwu MM, Donegan S, Sinclair D, Esu E, Oringanje C. Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in children living in areas with seasonal transmission. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012;2:003756.
7. Bojang KA, Akor F, Conteh L, Webb E, Bittaye O, Conway DJ, et al. Two strategies for the delivery of IPTc in an area of seasonal malaria transmission in The Gambia: a randomised controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2011;8:e1000409.
8. Ross A, Maire N, Sicuri E, Smith T, Conteh L. Determinants of the cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants and children. PLoS One. 2011;6:e18391.
9. WHO. Policy recommendation: seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria control in highly seasonal transmission areas of the Sahel sub-region in Africa. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012.
10. Ghana Statistical Service. Ghana multiple indicator cluster survey with an enhanced malaria module and biomarker, final report. Accra: GSS; 2011.
11. Binka FN, Mensah OA, Mills A. The cost-effectiveness of permethrin impregnated bednets in preventing child mortality in Kassena - Nankana district of Northern Ghana. Health Policy. 1997;41:229-39.
12. Smith Paintain L, Awini E, Addei S, Kukula V, Nikoi C, Sarpong D, et al. Evaluation of a universal long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) distribution campaign in Ghana: cost effectiveness of distribution and hang-up activities. Malar J. 2014;13:71.
13. Kolaczinski JH, Kolaczinski K, Kyabayinze D, Strachan D, Temperley M, Wijayanandana N, et al. Costs and effects of two public sector delivery channels for long-lasting insecticidal nets in Uganda. Malar J. 2010;9:102.
14. Mulligan J-A, Yukich J, Hanson K. Costs and effects of the Tanzanian national voucher scheme for insecticide-treated nets. Malar J. 2008;7:32.
15. Hanson K, Kikumbih N, Armstrong Schellenberg J, Mponda H, Nathan R, Lake S, et al. Cost-effectiveness of social marketing of insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in the United Republic of Tanzania. Bull World Health Organ. 2003;81:269-76.
16. Renggli S, Mandike R, Kramer K, Patrick F, Brown NJ, McElroy PD, et al. Design, implementation and evaluation of a national campaign to deliver 18 million free long-lasting insecticidal nets to uncovered sleeping spaces in Tanzania. Malar J. 2013;12:85.
17. Mueller DH, Wiseman V, Bakusa D, Morgah K, Daré A, Tchamdja P. Cost-effectiveness analysis of insecticide-treated net distribution as part of the Togo Integrated Child Health Campaign. Malar J. 2008;7:1-7.
18. Conteh L, Sharp BL, Streat E, Barreto A, Konar S. The cost and cost-effectiveness of malaria vector control by residual insecticide house-spraying in southern Mozambique: a rural and urban analysis. Trop Med Int Health. 2004;9:125-32.
19. Yukich JO, Lengeler C, Tediosi F, Brown N, Mulligan J-A, Chavasse D, et al. Costs and consequences of large-scale vector control for malaria. Malar J. 2008;7:258.
20. Guyatt HL, Kinnear J, Burini M, Snow RW. A comparative cost analysis of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying in highland Kenya. Health Policy Plan. 2002;17:144-53.
21. White MT, Conteh L, Cibulskis R, Ghani AC. Costs and cost-effectiveness of malaria control interventions - a systematic review. Malar J. 2011;10:337.
22. Conteh L, Sicuri E, Manzi F, Hutton G, Obonyo B, Tediosi F, et al. The cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2010;5:e10313.
23. Conteh L, Patouillard E, Kweku M, Legood R, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D. Cost effectiveness of seasonal intermittent preventive treatment using amodiaquine and artesunate or sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Ghanaian children. PLoS One. 2010;5:e12223.
24. Nonvignon J, Chinbuah MA, Gyapong M, Abbey M, Awini E, Gyapong JO, et al. Is home management of fevers a cost-effective way of reducing under-five mortality in Africa? The case of a rural Ghanaian District. Trop Med Int Health. 2012;17:951-7.
25. Lubell Y, Yeung S, Dondorp AM, Day NP, Nosten F, Tjitra E, et al. Cost-effectiveness of artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria. Trop Med Int Health. 2009;14:332-7.
26. Chanda P, Castillo-Riquelme M, Masiye F. Cost-effectiveness analysis of the available strategies for diagnosing malaria in outpatient clinics in Zambia. Cost Eff Resour Alloc. 2009;7:1-12.
27. Cairns M, Roca-Feltrer A, Garske T, Wilson AL, Diallo D, Milligan PJ, et al. Estimating the potential public health impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in African children. Nat Commun. 2012;3:881.
28. Rowe AK, Rowe SY, Snow RW, Korenromp EL, Schellenberg JRA, Stein C, et al. The burden of malaria mortality among African children in the year 2000. Int J Epidemiol. 2006;35:691-704.
29. Walker D, Kumaranayake L. Allowing for differential timing in cost analyses: discounting and annualization. Health Policy Plan. 2002;17:112-8.
30. Tagbor H, Antwi GD, Acheampong PR, Bart Plange C, Chandramohan D, Cairns M. Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in an area of extended seasonal transmission in Ashanti, Ghana: an individually randomised clinical trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2016;21:224-35.
31. Eisele TP, Larsen D, Steketee RW. Protective efficacy of interventions for preventing malaria mortality in children in Plasmodium falciparum endemic areas. Int J Epidemiol. 2010;39:i88-101.
32. Culyer JA. Cost-effectiveness thresholds in health care: a bookshelf guide to their meaning and use. London: Centre for Health Economics, University of York; 2015.
33. Ghana Statistical Service. Revised 2015 annual gross domestic product. Accra: GSS; 2016.