The burden of disease in northeast Kenya Johanna Lindahl 1,2 , Bernard Bett 1 , Francis Wanyoike 1 , Delia Grace 1 1 International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya 2 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Johanna Lindahl [email protected] ● Box 30709 Nairobi Kenya ● +254 20 422 3000 ● ilri.org This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution –Non commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License June 2012 June 2012 The multiple burden of disease- what do we include? • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) • Economic impact • What are the costs for society, and the country with endemic and epidemic disease? • What are the costs for families and individuals? • Environmental impact Dynamic drivers of disease in Africa • A consortium looking at how diseases are affected by land use changes, • The case study in Kenya studies the effects of irrigation systems on vector borne diseases Pictures Disease in animals Disease in humans Increased poverty Reduced income Increased environmental pressure Reduced productivity Health costs Reduced food security Framework for the effects of disease in humans and animals Study on disease and economic impact 221 households in Kenya- majority kept small ruminants (n=206) and/or cattle (176) Low expenditure on disease prevention- one family paid $2 for health insurance Mean 2.3 disease episodes per family in the last 2 weeks (range 0-6). A sick person spent up to $20 on medication, up to $30 on travel for health care Fever, headache, pain and gastrointestinal disorders were commonly reported

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The burden of disease in northeast Kenya Johanna Lindahl1,2, Bernard Bett1, Francis Wanyoike1, Delia Grace1

1International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

2Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Johanna Lindahl

[email protected] ● Box 30709 Nairobi Kenya ● +254 20 422 3000 ● ilri.org

This document is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution –Non commercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License June 2012

June 2012

The multiple burden of disease- what do we include? • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) • Economic impact • What are the costs for society, and the country with endemic and epidemic disease? • What are the costs for families and individuals?

• Environmental impact

Dynamic drivers of disease in Africa • A consortium looking at how diseases are affected by land use changes, • The case study in Kenya studies the effects of irrigation systems on vector borne diseases

Pictures

Disease in

animals

Disease in humans

Increased poverty

Reduced income

Increased environmental

pressure

Reduced productivity

Health costs

Reduced food

security

Framework for the effects of disease in

humans and animals

Study on disease and economic impact 221 households in Kenya- majority kept small ruminants (n=206) and/or cattle (176) Low expenditure on disease prevention- one family paid $2 for health insurance Mean 2.3 disease episodes per family in the last 2 weeks (range 0-6). A sick person spent up to $20 on medication, up to $30 on travel for health care Fever, headache, pain and gastrointestinal disorders were commonly reported