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Costs and impact of meningitis epidemics for the public health system of Burkina Faso

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Colombini A, Badolo O, Gessner BD et al.

Full Citation:

Colombini A, Badolo O, Gessner BD et al. 2011. Costs and impact of meningitis epidemics for the public health system of Burkina Faso. Vaccine. 29(33).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Illness episodes can cause catastrophic health expenditures to a household, both medical and non-medical out-of-pocket expenditures.

Key Evidence: During a meningococcal meningitis epidemic in Burkina Faso, households spent, on average, US$90 for treatment and other direct costs for family members with the disease. These costs, the equivalent of one third of the country’s annual GDP per capita, were in addition to the loss of income and assets from family members caring for patients.