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A Weighted Covering Model To Aid In Dracunculiasis Eradication

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  • Jeffrey P. Osleeb
  • Sara McLafferty

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ABSTRACT Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) is a parasitic disease that is endemic to 18 African and 2 Asian countries. It has a marked potential for eradication through a combination of water supply management, health education, and controlled medical intervention. These intervention methods require the development of water wells and establishment of schools. Each has a different cost, a different success rate for eradication of the disease, and a different distance that people are willing and able to travel in order to utilize the facility. In this paper a weighted maximal covering model is developed to determine the best locations, given a limited budget, for the different types of facilities used to fight the disease. The model is developed and demonstrated using data from a single province within one country, the Zou Province of Benin.

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  • Jeffrey P. Osleeb & Sara McLafferty, 1992. "A Weighted Covering Model To Aid In Dracunculiasis Eradication," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 71(3), pages 243-257, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:71:y:1992:i:3:p:243-257
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1992.tb01845.x
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    1. Ratick, Samuel J. & Osleeb, Jeffrey P. & Hozumi, Dai, 2009. "Application and extension of the Moore and ReVelle Hierarchical Maximal Covering Model," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 43(2), pages 92-101, June.
    2. Alan T. Murray, 2016. "Maximal Coverage Location Problem," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 39(1), pages 5-27, January.
    3. Jing Yao & Alan T. Murray, 2014. "Locational Effectiveness of Clinics Providing Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to Women in Rural Mozambique," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 37(2), pages 172-193, April.

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