Where the road ends, yaws begins? The cost-effectiveness of eradication versus more roads.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Christopher Fitzpatrick, Kingsley Asiedu, Jean Jannin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Daly
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003165; https://doaj.org/article/f03dd41c88fa445ba9b1a76b2079554e

INTRODUCTION:A disabling and disfiguring disease that "begins where the road ends", yaws is targeted by WHO for eradication by the year 2020. The global campaign is not yet financed. To evaluate yaws eradication within the context of the post-2015 development agenda, we perform a somewhat...