Economic cost of a case of diarrhoea in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cost of illness study

Patrick V. Katana; Espoir Bwenge Malembaka; Patrick Musole Bugeme; Jaime Mufitini Saidi; Oliver Cumming; Karin Gallandat; Ian Ross

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0011934

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Economic cost of a case of diarrhoea in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cost of illness study

Patrick V. Katana ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vidzopatrick@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1923-6668

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Espoir Bwenge Malembaka,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases and Global Health, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Patrick Musole Bugeme,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases and Global Health, Université Catholique de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Jaime Mufitini Saidi,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministère de la Santé Publique, Division Provinciale de la Santé Publique, District Sanitaire d’Uvira, Uvira, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Oliver Cumming,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, United Kingdom
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Karin Gallandat,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, United Kingdom
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Ian Ross

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, United Kingdom
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Economic cost of a case of diarrhoea in Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A cost of illness study

Patrick V. Katana,
Espoir Bwenge Malembaka,
Patrick Musole Bugeme,
Jaime Mufitini Saidi,
Oliver Cumming,
Karin Gallandat,
Ian Ross

Published: October 28, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011934

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