Economic performance and cost-effectiveness of using a DEC-salt social enterprise for eliminating the major neglected tropical disease, lymphatic filariasis.

• Main Authors: Swarnali Sharma (Author), Morgan E Smith (Author), James Reimer (Author), David B O'Brien (Author), Jean M Brissau (Author), Marie C Donahue (Author), Clarence E Carter (Author), Edwin Michael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Salt fortified with the drug, diethylcarbamazine (DEC), and introduced into a competitive market has the potential to overcome the obstacles associated with tablet-based Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination programs. Questions remain, however, regarding the economic v...