The economics of alternative strategies for the reduction of food-borne diseases in developing countries: The case of diarrhea in Rwanda

The paper provides a methodology which is suitable for the analysis of the social cost of disease and the benefits and cost of health intervention by integrating public health analysis and economics. The approach developed in the paper is applied to food-borne diarrhea in Rwanda. The results suggest that simple treatments such as Oral Rehydration Therapy have a higher social rate of return than consumer protection via education.

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	von Witzke, Harald ; Kirschke, Dieter ; Lotze-Campen, Hermann ; Noleppa, Steffen
Publisher:	Berlin : Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften an der Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerischen Fakultät
Subject:	public health \| consumer protection \| social cost \| economics of food-borne diseases

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Series:	Working Paper ; 72/2005
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.22004/ag.econ.18830 [DOI] 783959796 [GVK] hdl:10419/96474 [Handle] RePEc:ags:huiawp:18830 [RePEc]
Classification:	I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health ; Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
Source:	EconStor

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