Table 2.
Annual training and deployment costs of providers of caesarean deliveries, Burkina Faso, 2006
| Clinical officers | Costs (CFA) |
| Basic clinical officers training (discounted over 30 years) cost/resident1 | 73 127 |
| Clinical officers training costs (discounted over 20 years) | 194 768 |
| Total clinical officers training costs | 267 895 |
| Enhanced clinical officers training* | |
| Discounted basic clinical officers training (discounted over 20 years) cost/resident1 | 73 127 |
| Clinical officers training costs (discounted over 20 years) | 194 768 |
| Refresher course** (discounted over 2 years) * | 313 589 |
| Total enhanced clinical officers training costs | 581 484 |
| Trained doctors in essential surgery | |
| Basic training (discounted over 30 years) cost per doctor | 135 171 |
| Surgery training costs (discounted over 5 years)5 | 904 983 |
| Total essential surgery training costs | 1 040 153 |
| Enhanced essential surgery training* | |
| Basic training (discounted over 30 years) cost per doctor | 135 171 |
| Enhanced surgery training costs (discounted over 15 years)5 | 1 296 608 |
| Total enhanced surgery training costs | 1 431 779 |
| Specialists (obstetricians and surgeons) | |
| Basic training (discounted over 30 years) cost per doctor | 135 171 |
| Obstetricians' training costs (discounted over 20 years)7 | 1 354 650 |
| Total obstetricians' training costs | 1 489 821 |
1From nursing school budget, 2005, numbers of students (all residents, all majors, % clinical officers), national contest for clinical officers, discounted over 30 years
2 Source: Human resources division, health personal salaries.
3Discounted over 20 years
4From University of Ouagadougou budget, School of Health Sciences (% of medical students among all students), national contest, discounted over 30 years
5Source: Ministry of Health, discounted over five years (average duration of practice of essential surgery)
6 From University of Ouagadougou budget, School of Health Sciences (% of medical students among all students), national contest
7Discounted over 20 years (estimated duration of practice of obstetrician)
* See Table 4
** Estimated refresher course and supervision costs, discounted over two years (clinical officers to attend two month refresher course every two years)