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Willingness to pay for the maintenance of equity in a local ivermectin distribution scheme in Toro, Northern Nigeria

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 113; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/sj.ph.1900562

1476-5616

Obinna Onwujekwe, En Shu, PO Okonkwo,

Economic and Environmental Valuation

The willingness to pay (WTP) for the maintenance of equity in a local ivermectin distribution scheme in the context of a community financing framework was determined in Toro, Northern Nigeria, using 214 randomly selected heads of households, or their representatives. Though WTP of the respondents for their own households was elicited, the focus of this paper is on WTP to maintain equity in a community financing scheme. Contingent valuation was used for the exercise, and WTP was elicited using an open-ended question. 97.2% of the respondents were in favour of allowing those that lack the ability to pay, to benefit from the scheme and the maximum WTP amounts they were willing to contribute annually so that those who lack the ability to pay could benefit from the scheme ranged from 5 Naira ($0. 06) to 100 Naira ($1.25). The mean WTP to maintain equity was 29.00 Naira ($0.36) while the median was 20.00 Naira ($0.25). This study shows that a community financing scheme for local ivermectin distribution will not be inequitable, since enough funds will be realised from well-to-do community members to cover the costs for those who are unable to pay.The willingness to pay (WTP) for the maintenance of equity in local ivermectin distribution scheme in the context of a community financing framework was determined in Toro, northern Nigeria, using 214 randomly selected heads of households or their representatives. The focus of this paper is to maintain WTP equity in a community financing scheme. Contingent evaluation was used for the exercise, and WTP was elicited using an open-ended question. The result of the study indicates that 92% of the respondents were willing to pay to benefit from the scheme by contributing a certain amount annually. The mean stated WTP to maintain equity was 29.00 naira, while the median was 20.00 naira. Therefore, the collective WTP amounts should be adequate to cover the costs of distributing ivermectin to the indigent community members annually. This study shows that a community financing scheme may not be inequitable if areas for raising funds for the indigent community members are discovered.