Leishmaniasis continues to pose a major public health problem worldwide. With new
epidemics occurring in endemic areas and the spread of the disease to previously free …

Visceral leishmaniasis is a serious public health problem on the Indian subcontinent,
causing high morbidity and mortality. The governments in the region launched a visceral …

Leishmania infections are global, occurring in 98 countries and all World Health
Organization (WHO) regions with 600 million to 1 billion people at risk of infection. Visceral …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe form of the leishmaniasis-disease complex. Its
importance to public health relies on its high fatality rate in non-treated cases, the socio …

Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis (ZVL) is one of the world's deadliest and neglected
infectious diseases, according to World Health Organization. This disease is one of major …

Brazil is one of the highest endemic countries for Zoonotic Visceral Leishmaniasis:
according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the annual number of new human cases and …

Economic and financing studies are particularly important for decision-making when
resources are scarce or considerably limited. This is the case for neglected tropical diseases …

Background Infectious diseases elimination and eradication have become important areas
of focus for global health and countries. Due to the substantial up-front investments required …

Economic analysis of environmental effects on health in terms of use and non-use value
opens analytical avenues of evaluating criteria, further beyond the results of epidemiological …

Background: Management of health-care waste is an essential task, which has important
consequences for public health and the well-being of society. Economic evaluation is …