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Cost-Effectiveness of the Strategies to Reduce the Incidence of Dengue in Colima, México

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  • Oliver Mendoza-Cano

    (Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Colima, Colima 28400, Mexico
    Center for Health and the Global Environment, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • Carlos Moisés Hernandez-Suarez

    (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Colima, Colima 28045, Mexico)

  • Xochitl Trujillo

    (Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima 28045, Mexico)

  • Héctor Ochoa Diaz-Lopez

    (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur Unidad San Cristóbal, Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur s/n, Barrio María Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas 29290, Mexico)

  • Agustin Lugo-Radillo

    (CONACYT-Facultad de Cirugía y Medicina, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca 68020, Mexico)

  • Francisco Espinoza-Gomez

    (Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Colima 28045, Mexico)

  • Miriam De la Cruz-Ruiz

    (Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Colima, Colima 28045, Mexico)

  • Ramón Alberto Sánchez-Piña

    (Center for Health and the Global Environment, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02215, USA)

  • Efrén Murillo-Zamora

    (Coordinación de Vigilancia Epidemiológica, Jefatura de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Colima 28000, Mexico)

Abstract

Dengue fever is considered to be one of the most important arboviral diseases globally. Unsuccessful vector-control strategies might be due to the lack of sustainable community participation. The state of Colima, located in the Western region of Mexico, is a dengue-endemic area despite vector-control activities implemented, which may be due to an insufficient health economic analysis of these interventions. A randomized controlled community trial took place in five urban municipalities where 24 clusters were included. The study groups ( n = 4) included an intervention to improve the community participation in vector control (A), ultra-low volume (ULV) spraying (B), both interventions (AB), and a control group. The main outcomes investigated were dengue cumulative incidence, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and the direct costs per intervention. The cumulative incidence of dengue was 17.4%, A; 14.3%, B; 14.4%, AB; and 30.2% in the control group. The highest efficiency and effectiveness were observed in group B (0.526 and 6.97, respectively) and intervention A was more likely to be cost-effective ($3952.84 per DALY avoided) followed by intervention B ($4472.09 per DALY avoided). Our findings suggest that efforts to improve community participation in vector control and ULV-spraying alone are cost-effective and may be useful to reduce the vector density and dengue incidence.

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  • Oliver Mendoza-Cano & Carlos Moisés Hernandez-Suarez & Xochitl Trujillo & Héctor Ochoa Diaz-Lopez & Agustin Lugo-Radillo & Francisco Espinoza-Gomez & Miriam De la Cruz-Ruiz & Ramón Alberto Sánchez-Piñ, 2017. "Cost-Effectiveness of the Strategies to Reduce the Incidence of Dengue in Colima, México," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-9, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:8:p:890-:d:107418
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