Cost-Effective Prevention of Diarrheal Diseases: A Critical Review

摘要: This paper critically reviews the existing research on cost-effective prevention and treatment of diarrheal diseases, identifies priorities in this area aimed at finding ways to reduce disease burden. In contrast empirical knowledge base that exists for traditional child health programs morbidity mortality, evidence relative effectiveness cost-effectiveness various environmental interventions is limited subject significant methodological concerns. There a understanding determinants longterm water sanitation technology adoption behavior change individual level. Even less known about how collective action problems infrastructure maintenance can be overcome. An agenda future includes evaluating alternative transmission interruption mechanisms, improving individual-level sector, assessing quality under different management schemes.