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.
Highlights
The number of the most underprivileged people of the world can count more than a billion, and they are the ones, who can fall into the poverty trap of disease, conflict, and lack of education
The list is topped by Buruli Ulcer (BU) which is an infectious skin disease caused by bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans [2]
“Mysterious disease” Buruli Ulcer may spread from biting of such aquatic hemiptera insect, adult mosquitoes, or other arthropod acting as vector to human [19] [20]
Summary
The number of the most underprivileged people of the world can count more than a billion, and they are the ones, who can fall into the poverty trap of disease, conflict, and lack of education. One of such menacing outcomes of poverty trap is neglected tropical disease (NTD) [1]. The list is topped by Buruli Ulcer (BU) which is an infectious skin disease caused by bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans [2].
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