Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Africa

A Manual for Use in the Design and Appraisal of Livestock Health Policy

• Author(s): S. N. H. Putt,
• Publisher: ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
• Pages: 130
• ISBN_10: 9290530766
  ISBN_13: 9789290530763
  
• Language: en

Description:... An introduction to the planning and evaluation of disease control policy; Epidemiology: some basic concepts and definitions; The use of descriptive statistics in the presentation of epidemiological data; The epidemiological approach to investigating disease problems; Statistical methods in the analysis of epidemiological data; An introduction to the use of economics in the planning and evaluation of disease control programmes; Estimating the costs of diseases and the benefits of their control; Economics and decision-making in disease control policy; Modelling in veterinary epidemiology and economics.