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The Value of Preventing Malaria in Tembien, Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.authorCropper, Maureen L.
dc.contributor.authorHaile, Mitiku
dc.contributor.authorLampietti, Julian A.
dc.contributor.authorPoulos, Christine
dc.contributor.authorWhittington, Dale
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-21T14:54:26Z
dc.date.available2015-07-21T14:54:26Z
dc.date.issued2000-01
dc.description.abstractThe authors measure the monetary value households place on preventing malaria in Tembien, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. They estimate a household demand function for a hypothetical malaria vaccine and compute the value of preventing malaria as the households maximum willingness to pay to provide vaccines for all family members. They contrast willingness to pay with the traditional costs of illness (medical costs and time lost because of malaria). Their results indicate that the value of preventing malaria with vaccines is about US$36 a household a year, or about 15 percent of imputed annual household income. This is, on average, about two or three times the expected household cost of illness. Despite the great benefits from preventing malaria, the fact that vaccine demand is price inelastic suggests that it will be difficult to achieve significant market penetration unless the vaccine is subsidized. The authors obtain similar results for insecticide-treated bed nets. Their estimates of household demand functions for bed nets suggest that at a price that might permit cost recovery (US$6 a bed net), only a third of the population of a 200-person village would sleep under bed nets.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/438962/value-preventing-malaria-tembien-ethiopia
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2273
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22266
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 2273
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY HEALTH
dc.subjectCONTINGENT VALUATION
dc.subjectDAMAGES
dc.subjectDEMAND CURVE
dc.subjectDEMAND CURVES
dc.subjectDIARRHEAL DISEASE
dc.subjectECONOMICS LITERATURE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectFOOD PREPARATION
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectIMPREGNATED BEDNETS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINFECTION
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLEISURE
dc.subjectLEISURE TIME
dc.subjectLORENZ CURVE
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectMEDICAL TREATMENT
dc.subjectMORBIDITY
dc.subjectMOTIVATION
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPILL
dc.subjectPRIVATE COSTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectRAINY SEASON
dc.subjectRESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL COSTS
dc.subjectVACCINES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.titleThe Value of Preventing Malaria in Tembien, Ethiopiaen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Value of Preventing Malaria in Tembien, Ethiopia
okr.date.disclosure2010-07-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:23:38.919684Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/01/438962/value-preventing-malaria-tembien-ethiopia
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2273
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum438962
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryEthiopia
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.sectorHealth and other social services
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Monitoring & Evaluation
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Malaria
okr.unitInfrastructure and Environment, Development Research Group
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