The Use of Disability Adjusted Life Years in Estimating the Burden of Brucellosis in Kuku Dairy Scheme, Sudan

Tamador Elkhansaa Elnour Angara

Volume : III, Issue : IX, September - 2014

The Use of Disability Adjusted Life Years in Estimating the Burden of Brucellosis in Kuku Dairy Scheme, Sudan

Tamador Elkhansaa Elnour Angara

Abstract :

Disability adjusted life years (DALYs) were used as a measure to evaluate the impact of the morbidity caused by ucellosis. The use of such non– monetary index has the advantage of avoiding the potentially ethically or morally troublesome task of having to place a monetary value on human health and life. DALYs calculations was based on the fact that ucellosis is a non fatal disease. So the YLL part of DALYS goes to zero. Brucellosis was not included in the world disability weight tables so the estimate of 0.2 disability weight was based on Roth et al., (2003). The healthy years lost by a person as a result of Brucellosis in Kuku Scheme that accounted 7.5 DALYS. The study confirmed the endimicity of ucellosis in the scheme and the non monetary burden of producers� health was estimated.