Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Socioeconomic Impacts of Human Trypanosomiasis : a Review

Tamador Elkhansaa Elnour Angara

Abstract :

Zoonoses are important constraint to human development; Human Trypanosomiasis is one of the most important and most neglected tropical zoonosis. Combating Trypanosomiasis needs collaborative efforts from both health and agricultural sectors in order to set the priorities for disease control. The socioeconomic impact of the diseases play an important role in the decision making process. The objective of this paper is to review what had been written in literature on the socio-economic aspects of Human Trypanosomiasis. Over 20 papers on the subject were reviewed, and the findings were categorized to qualitative and quantitative monetary and non-monetary assessments. Moreover, the socio-economic impacts of the disease were compared between the different geographical locations. The result showed that worldwide the disease has serious socio-economic impacts on the affected communi-ties, on national, regional and international levels. The development of drug resistance against trypanocidal drugs aggravates even more the problem. These results were critically discussed and conclusions were drawn and accordingly some recommendations were set.

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Tamador Elkhansaa Elnour Angara Socioeconomic Impacts of Human Trypanosomiasis : a Review International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 7 July 2014

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