TITLE:
Elucidation of Macroeconomic Determinants for Prognosis of Buruli Ulcer
AUTHORS:
Sudipendra Nath Roy, Avik Sinha
KEYWORDS:
Neglected Tropical Disease, Africa, Health Policy, Panel Regression
JOURNAL NAME:
Theoretical Economics Letters,
Vol.6 No.4,
July
19,
2016
ABSTRACT: This paper discusses the macroeconomic
factors which are responsible for the spread of Buruli Ulcer. As the definitive
indicators for the transmission of this neglected tropical disease have not
been found yet, therefore, the indicators being found by means of this study
can provide significant insights to the health policy makers. This study is
carried out for ten African countries and Papua New Guinea for the duration of
2002-2013. Fixed effect panel regression has been employed for the study on the
orthogonally transformed dataset. We find that the health policy initiatives
have been found to have little or no impact on the Buruli Ulcer prevalence. We
also find that access to water from improved sources can reduce the probability
of the incidence of this disease.