GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Adnan Ali Khan CHOUDHURY, Australian Centre for International and Tropical Health, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Public Health Building , Herston Rd , Herston Qld 4006, Brisbane, Australia
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The societal impact of bovine tuberculosis in select Asian countries
1. The economic Impact of bovine Tuberculosis in
Ethiopia and China: A comparative study to assess
the importance of the disease in Asia
Author & Presenter:
Adnan Choudhury
Co-Authors:
Jakob Zinsstag, Vanessa Racloz, Maxine Whittaker
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
2. Aims
o To demonstrate the importance of Bovine Tuberculosis
in developing nations – such as Ethiopia and China
• Particularly in Asia
o To demonstrate the importance of both economic
evaluations and the One Health Approach
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
3. Bovine Tuberculosis
o Mycobacterium bovis, is a zoonotic disease that is
prevalent across a wide range of nations
o Aerosol transmission between hosts (man, cattle,
wildlife)
o Causes TB Symptoms in humans
o In Animal emaciation, fever, obstructed
airways/vessels
o Countries such as the United Kingdom spend £100
million a year in control efforts against the spread of
bTB.
o Less developed nations are usually unable to afford
the steep costs of bTB control
o As such the disease spreads and becomes prevalent
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
4. Bovine Tuberculosis in Africa
o A study in Tanzania returned a rate of 1.3% for bTB positive
cases in individual animals while (Shirima et al. 2003)
o Nigeria reported 1.08% (Ibrahim et al. 2010).
o Herd prevalence up to 48%
o The incidence of TB in Ethiopia was 353/100000 in 2004
o Estimated 430,000 fatal cases in Africa due to TB (WHO
2011b).
• 3.1% attributable to bTB (Worldwide)
o High prevalence of consumption of unboiled milk
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
5. Bovine Tuberculosis in Asia
o 62% of global cases of BTB are reported in the Asia
region (Cosivi et al. 1998).
o Annual mortality due to all strains of tuberculosis in
South-East Asia is estimated by the WHO to be
480,000
o China, the fifth largest producer of milk
o Intensive production setups to cope with the
overwhelming demand
o Risk factor for aerosol transmission
o Evidence suggests that human results disease-
associated costs of TB equate to 91% of annual
household income, (Jackson et al. 2006).
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
6. Methods
o Animal Sector: LDPS2
o Adapted from the FAO by Zinnstag et al
o Adds economic layer on top of the livestock demographic
system
o Allows the simulation of changes to the NPV of livestock
industry due to the prevalence of Bovine Tuberculosis
o Human Sector: Decision-Tree
o Markov-Chain decision tree
o Probabilistic model that simulates the disease cycle,
interventions, treatment seeking etc
o Life tables used to simulate the life cycle of 1000
individuals
o Uncertainty analysis: Monte Carlo Simulation
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
8. Assumptions
Seeking rate
China - 2% too poor to start treatment
Treatment seeking assumed 100% for both countries due to lack of data,
tempered by adherence and too poor to start.
Adherence rate
China – 65% (literature)
Ethiopia – no data available, assumed to be 75% with a pert distribution
(low 0.5, high 0.9)
Prices
China – derived from literature review for human TB medication. After
weighted average of studies as well as conversion to USD, treatment
costs were assumed to be $US148.80 per person for a full
treatment.
Ethiopia – Very low treatment cost assumed – due to poor data available
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
9. Results – Animal Industry (Ethiopia)
$10,700,000,000
Average Annual NPV of Livestock Industry
$10,650,000,000
$10,600,000,000
$10,550,000,000
$10,500,000,000
$10,450,000,000
$10,400,000,000
0% 1% 2% 4% 8% 10% 15%
Prevalence
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
10. Results – Animal Industry (China)
$12,550,000,000
Average Annual NPV of Livestock Industry
$12,500,000,000
$12,450,000,000
$12,400,000,000
$12,350,000,000
$12,300,000,000
$12,250,000,000
0% 1% 2% 4% 8% 10% 15%
Prevalence
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
11. Results – Public Health (Ethiopia)
Per-Person Costs
Per-Person Cost of Disease to Society ($US) $0.14
$0.12
$0.10
$0.08
Mean
$0.06 LCI 95%
HCI 95%
$0.04
$0.02
$0.00
1% 2% 3% 8% 10%
% of bTB attributable to TB Cases
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
12. Results – Public Health (Ethiopia)
„Minimum‟ Cost to Society
$1,800,000.00
$1,600,000.00
'Minimum Cost of Disease to Society ($US)
$1,400,000.00
$1,200,000.00
$1,000,000.00
Mean
$800,000.00
LCI 95%
HCI 95%
$600,000.00
$400,000.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
1% 2% 3% 8% 10%
% of bTB attributable to TB Cases
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
13. Results – Public Health (China)
Per-Person Costs
$2.50
$2.00
Cost to Society Per-Person ($US)
$1.50
Mean
LCI 95%
$1.00
HCI 95%
$0.50
$0.00
1% 2% 4.20% 8% 10%
% of bTB attributable to TB Cases
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
14. Results – Public Health (China)
„Minimum‟ Cost to Society
$25,000,000.00
$20,000,000.00
"Minimum" Cost to Society ($US)
$15,000,000.00
LCI 95%
Mean
$10,000,000.00
HCI 95%
$5,000,000.00
$0.00
10% 8% 4.20% 2% 1%
% of bTB attributable to TB Cases
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
15. Key Variables
o China
o Medical Costs***
o Adherence Rate
o Daily Wage Rate
o Ethiopia
o Daily Wage Rate
o Adherence Rate
o LDPS2 – Differences in influential variables reflect industry
demand
o China: Milk
o Ethiopia: Traction
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
16. Implications
o The pasteurization barrier
o In nations with systematic pasteurization of milk, there is
little to no human bTB
o In most developing nations, there is little or no
systematic pasteurization of milk
• Therefore, bTB remains a disease of significance to
human health
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
17. The One Health Difference
o Thus far, we have covered economics of zoonotic
diseases
• This has not been “One Health”
o One Health in the next step
o One health is when we evaluate the true societal costs
and benefits of pasteurization
• The reduction of animal and human costs
• The added value to dairy products and benefits to
farmers
• The social benefits of purchasing milk safely from
your local store
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
18. Thank you!
The Economic Impact of Bovine Tuberculosis in Ethiopia and China 2012
Notes de l'éditeur
Multi-sectoral valuations
Humans: fever, chills, chest pain, emaciation
although the extent of BTB in this expenditure has not been fully investigated