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. 2008 Dec 17;7:258. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-258

Table 3.

Average annual economic costs for ITN and IRS programmes.

ITN programmes Average annual cost per ITN distributed Average annual cost per TNY Cost per death averted** Cost per DALY averted**
Eritrea 3.98 1.21 438/1,449 13/44
Togo 3.23 3.23 1,174 36
Togo* 2.75 2.75 998 30
Malawi 3.36 3.04 1,105/1,222 33/37
Senegal 8.05 6.05 2,199/2,926 67/89
Tanzania 4.80 2.17 788/1,745 24/53

IRS programmes Cost per person protected (whole population) Cost per under-five child protected Cost per death averted Cost per DALY averted

KwaZulu-Natal 3.27 23.96 4,357 132
Mozambique 3.90 21.63 3,933 119

*Assuming an average net cost of USD 3 instead of USD 4.33 (the actual cost incurred for LLINs by the campaign).

**In paired numbers the left value includes protection from re-treatment kits