Browsing School of Health Sciences & School of Nursing by Subject "COVID-19"

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    • The discounted money value of human lives lost due to COVID-19 in Spain 

      Kirigia, Joses Muthuri; Muthuri, Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020-07)
      Purpose – To estimate the discounted money value of human lives lost (DMVHL) due to COVID-19 in Spain. Design/methodology/approach – The study employs the human capital approach to estimate the DMVHL (assuming Spain’s life ...

    • The monetary value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Turkey 

      Kirigia, Joses Muthuri; Muthuri, Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi; Nkanata, Lenity Honesty Kainyu (Emerald, 2020)
      Background: This study aimed to appraise the monetary value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 in Turkey. To our knowledge, it is the first study in Turkey to value human life losses associated with COVID-19. ...

    • The Present Value of Human Life Losses Associated with Coronavirus Disease in Africa 

      Kirigia, Joses Muthuri; Muthuri, Rose Nabi Deborah Karimi; Nkanata, Lenity Honesty Kainyu; Muthuri, Newton Gitonga (Scientific Research, 2020)
      The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to ravage human lives, social systems, and economies around the world. The objective of this study was to estimate the total present value (TPVAFC) of human life losses associated ...

    • The present value of human life losses associated with COVID-19 and likely cost savings from vaccination in Kenya 

      Kirigia, Joses; Mwabu, Germano; Nabi, Rose; Muthuri, Deborah Karimi (F1000 Research Limited, 2023-03-02)
      Background: The study estimates the total present value (TPVKENYA ) of human lives lost due to COVID-19, total indirect costs attributed to COVID-19 mortality, total direct costs of all COVID-19 cases, and projected cost ...