Question

The Disease Control Priorities Project has identified the top ten ‘best buys’ in global health. Choose ONE best buy; discuss its health and economic impact, providing an example of a successful program that has been implemented to address this ‘best buy’, discuss the program, highlighting reasons and evidence of success, and the challenges as well. Use supportive evidence and examples to back up response APA format

Answer 1

The Disease Control Priorities Project was to develop the health policies and to address health issues. One of the best buys of DCCP project is the prevention of the spread of HIV through a coordinated program. Best Buy in Sub - Sahara Africa at a cost of $6 - 377 per disability-adjusted life years and targeted towards 57 million of DALYs burden of disease. Based on this project, condoms were distributed, distribution of antiretroviral therapy, and prevention of the spread of HIV from mother to child through breast milk substitutes, treating of STDs, and HIV counseling and testing. Cost-effectiveness is viewed based on the disease burden, health intervention, and health care system. The large health resources utilized to address these kinds of non-communicable diseases. The high cost-effective intervention is the prevention of new infection, improve the safety in blood supply. Cost-effectiveness for a specific intervention is challengeable and should be ensured by the local federal government. The evidence shows that the intervention of preventive measures was successful in many countries like South Africa, Uganda, and Kenya. Additionally, the preventive measures of male circumcision were followed as clinical trails in sub-Sahara Africa which is an inexpensive procedure carried out in an outpatient department prevents around 5.7million for contracting HIV and 3 million deaths due to AIDS.

References:

1. See fact sheet, “Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Setting Health Priorities,” March 2008, at www.dcp2.org/file/150/DCPP-CostEffectiveness.pdf, and Chapter 2 of DCP2. A DALY (loss) that is averted is the same as a DALY gained.

2. Williams, B. et al. 2006. “The Potential Impact of Male Circumcision on HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.” PLoS Medicine 3(7): e262; Klausner, J. et al. 2008. The Kindest Cut: Proof that Male Circumcision Is Cost-Effective Against Transmission of HIV Brings New Hope for Sub-Saharan Africa, accessed online July 15, 2008, Retrieved from

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