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A WEIGHTED COVERING MODEL TO AID IN DRACUNCULIASIS ERADICATION
Author(s) -
Osleeb Jeffrey P.,
McLafferty Sara
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1992.tb01845.x
Subject(s) - dracunculiasis , endemic disease , intervention (counseling) , business , geography , disease , medicine , helminths , immunology , pathology , psychiatry
Dracunculiasis (Guinea Worm Disease) is a parasitic disease that is endemic to 18 African and 2 Asian countries. It has a marked potential for eradication through a combination of water supply management, health education, and controlled medical intervention. These intervention methods require the development of water wells and establishment of schools. Each has a different cost, a different success rate for eradication of the disease, and a different distance that people are willing and able to travel in order to utilize the facility. In this paper a weighted maximal covering model is developed to determine the best locations, given a limited budget, for the different types of facilities used to fight the disease. The model is developed and demonstrated using data from a single province within one country, the Zou Province of Benin.