The discounted value of human lives lost due to COVID-19 in France.

This study estimates the total discounted value of human lives lost (TDVHL) due to COVID-19 in France as of 14 September 2020. The human capital approach (HCA) model was used to estimate the TDVHL of the 30,916 human lives lost due to COVID-19 in France; i.e.

The monetary value of human lives lost through Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019.

Background: Between 8 May 2018 and 27 May 2019, cumulatively there were 1286 deaths from Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The objective of this study was to estimate the monetary value of human lives lost through EVD in DRC.

Methods: Human capital approach was applied to monetarily value years of life lost due to premature deaths from EVD.