The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease and is fatal if untreated. VL mainly affects poor populations in rural areas and has important socio-economic consequences to the household because of high expenditures to access treatment and coping strategies to cover the costs of care. Since 2005...

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Main Authors:	Uranw, Surendra, Meheus, Filip, Baltussen, Rob, Rijal, Suman, Boelaert, Marleen
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3585119/

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spelling	pubmed-35851192013-03-06 The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal Uranw, Surendra Meheus, Filip Baltussen, Rob Rijal, Suman Boelaert, Marleen Research Article Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease and is fatal if untreated. VL mainly affects poor populations in rural areas and has important socio-economic consequences to the household because of high expenditures to access treatment and coping strategies to cover the costs of care. Since 2005, the government of Nepal has been engaged in a regional collaborative effort to eliminate VL from the Indian subcontinent. In this study we examined the economic burden of VL from the perspective of the household after the intensified implementation of VL control activities. Our findings indicate that the economic burden of VL as a percent of household income has decreased compared to studies conducted prior to the implementation of the VL elimination initiative in Nepal. In particular, the free provision of diagnosis and drugs at public health facilities has been an important policy measure. However, the economic impact of VL is still considerable and efforts are needed to further reduce the burden of VL to affected households or prevent the transmission of VL. Public Library of Science 2013-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3585119/ /pubmed/23469298 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002062 Text en © 2013 Uranw et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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author	Uranw, Surendra Meheus, Filip Baltussen, Rob Rijal, Suman Boelaert, Marleen
spellingShingle	Uranw, Surendra Meheus, Filip Baltussen, Rob Rijal, Suman Boelaert, Marleen The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
author_facet	Uranw, Surendra Meheus, Filip Baltussen, Rob Rijal, Suman Boelaert, Marleen
author_sort	Uranw, Surendra
title	The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
title_short	The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
title_full	The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
title_fullStr	The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
title_full_unstemmed	The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal
title_sort	household costs of visceral leishmaniasis care in south-eastern nepal
description	Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a parasitic disease and is fatal if untreated. VL mainly affects poor populations in rural areas and has important socio-economic consequences to the household because of high expenditures to access treatment and coping strategies to cover the costs of care. Since 2005, the government of Nepal has been engaged in a regional collaborative effort to eliminate VL from the Indian subcontinent. In this study we examined the economic burden of VL from the perspective of the household after the intensified implementation of VL control activities. Our findings indicate that the economic burden of VL as a percent of household income has decreased compared to studies conducted prior to the implementation of the VL elimination initiative in Nepal. In particular, the free provision of diagnosis and drugs at public health facilities has been an important policy measure. However, the economic impact of VL is still considerable and efforts are needed to further reduce the burden of VL to affected households or prevent the transmission of VL.
publisher	Public Library of Science
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The Household Costs of Visceral Leishmaniasis Care in South-eastern Nepal

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