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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Acute Malnutrition Treatment Using Ready To Use Theraupetic Foods

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  • Glenn P. Jenkins

    (Department of Economics, Queen's University, Canada, Eastern Mediterranean University, Mersin 10, Turkey)

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The prevalence of malnutrition and anemia is high in Uganda. Thirty three percent of children under 5 years of age, are stunted and 5 percent wasted. This study conducts a cost-effectiveness analysis of the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) program in the southwest region of Uganda. The analysis revealed that the cost per Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) saved is quite low at US$36. This estimate is below the range of cost per DALY of US$78 (2012 prices) that the World Bank (1993) recommended as an appropriate upper limit on the cost for health interventions in poor countries. The study concludes that program is cost-effective to be implemented in broad-scale, i.e. different children age groups. However, the results of the study can be applied directly to children under age five only.

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  • Glenn P. Jenkins, 2013. "A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Of Acute Malnutrition Treatment Using Ready To Use Theraupetic Foods," Development Discussion Papers 2012-06, JDI Executive Programs.
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    1. Vella, V. & Tomkins, A. & Borghesi, A. & Migliori, G.B. & Ndiku, J. & Adriko, B.C., 1993. "Anthropometry and childhood mortality in Northwest and Southwest Uganda," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 83(11), pages 1616-1618.
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      Keywords

      cost-effectiveness analysis; Uganda; acute malnutrition treatment; Disability-Adjusted Life Year; Ready to Use Therapeutic Food; HIV;
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      JEL classification:

      • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
      • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate
      • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
      • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      • F35 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Aid

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