The Economic Cost of Malaria in Africa

这项研究将对疟疾的经济负担进行全面和一致的分析。它将利用由 卢邦博空间发展倡议的疟疾控制方案 (LSDI)增加一个经济部分。LSDI是一项由 南部非洲三国政府开发夸祖鲁纳塔尔地区， 斯威士兰和莫桑比克的旅游、工业投资和农业。 目前疟疾在该地区的流行率非常高，达到 在一些地区，这一比例为86%。作为倡议的一部分，提供热情好客的 环境促进经济发展，LSDI承担了一项重大的疟疾 控制努力，支持斯威士兰和夸祖鲁纳塔尔的疟疾控制和 将其扩展到莫桑比克南部。这一倡议提供了一个独特的 评估疟疾的经济负担和经济效益的机会 控制疟疾的能力。 这项经济研究将结合疟疾流行和发病率的数据 LSDI收集了从调查中收集的社会经济因素数据， 政府数据和其他数据来源，以评估微观经济和 疟疾防治工作之前和期间疟疾的宏观经济影响。 这项研究将从几个层面收集有关疾病负担的信息， 即家庭、学校、社区、企业和政府。这个 评估的因素将包括私人和非私人在疟疾方面的支出。 预防和治疗以及疟疾对生产力的影响， 教育成就、人员流动、贸易、旅游、国内和 外商投资。 将使用各种方法分析数据，包括 传统的疾病费用法、回归分析和权变分析 估值。在可能的情况下，将比较这些方法的结果 和对比，并将形成方法论分析的基础 疾病负担评估中的问题。这项研究还将进行成本效益 和成本效益分析，以促进有关 适当利用私人和非政府组织控制疟疾的资源 公共部门。

This study will undertake a comprehensive and consistent analysis of the economic burden of malaria. It will make use of the work carried out by the malaria control program of the Lubombo Spatial Development Initiative (LSDI) by adding an economic component. The LSDI is a program undertaken by three governments of southern Africa to develop regions of KwaZulu Natal, Swaziland and Mozambique for tourism, industrial investment, and agriculture. Malaria prevalence is currently very high in this region, reaching as much as 86 percent in some areas. As part of the initiative to provide a hospitable environment for economic development, LSDI has undertaken a major malaria control effort, supporting malaria control in Swaziland and KwaZulu Natal and extending it to southern Mozambique. This initiative provides a unique opportunity to assess the economic burden of malaria and the economic benefits of malaria control. The economic study will combine data on malaria prevalence and incidence gathered by the lsdi with data on socioeconomic factors gathered from surveys, government data and other data sources to assess both the micro-economic and macro-economic impacts of malaria before and during the malaria control effort. The study will gather information on the burden of disease at several levels, namely households, schools, communities, businesses, and the government. The factors assessed will include private and non-private expenditures on malaria prevention and treatment, as well as the impact of malaria on productivity, educational achievement, human mobility, trade, tourism, and domestic and foreign investment. Data will be analyzed using a variety of methodological approaches, including the traditional cost-of-illness approach, regression analysis, and contingent valuation. Where possible, the results of these methodologies will be compared and contrasted, and will form the basis for an analysis of methodological issues in assessing disease burden. The study will also carry out cost benefit and cost-effectiveness analyses to facilitate policy decisions about the appropriate use of resources for malaria control, both in the private and the public sectors.