Table 1.
Summary of the direct costs of malaria.
| Country and Authors | Direct costs per capita per month (1999 US$) | Monthly total direct costs | Direct costs as % of income | |
| Prevention | Treatment | |||
| Sri Lanka [8] | - | 1.91 | 1.91 | 2.0 |
| Malawi [16] | 0.05 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 2.0 |
| Tanzania [42] | 0.76 | - | - | - |
| Zaire [47] | 0.97 | - | - | - |
| Cameroon [45] | 1.29 | 2.05 | 3.34 | - |
| Cameroon [41] | 1.74 | 2.67 | 4.41 | - |
| Cameroon [41] | 2.10 | 3.88 | 5.98 | - |
| Burkina Faso [44] | 0.09 | - | - | - |
| Burkina Faso [44] | 0.93 | 1.18 | 2.11 | - |
| Ghana [7] | - | 0.65 | 0.65 | - |
| Nigeria [11] | - | 1.84 | 1.84 | 2.9 |
Source: Chima et al. 2003; Russell 2004