Table 1.
Breakdown of the yearly cost (US$)* of the routine vector control program in Trujillo state, Venezuela and Laem Chabang Municipality, Thailand, 2007
| Item | Trujillo, Venezuela | Laem Chabang, Thailand | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177,254 households | 42,480 households | |||||
| Total cost | Cost per household | % of the total cost | Total cost | Cost per household | % of the total cost | |
| Recurrent costs | 301,401.9 | 1.70 | 79.3 | 63,989.4 | 1.51 | 79.8 |
| Personnel | 232,177.3 | 1.31 | 61.1 | 22,279.8† | 0.52 | 27.8 |
| Insecticides and larvicides | 44,025.0 | 0.25 | 11.6 | 25,842.4 | 0.61 | 32.2 |
| Other supplies and materials‡ | 16,338.6 | 0.09 | 4.3 | 11,973.3 | 0.28 | 14.9 |
| Vehicles operation and maintenance | 8,861.1 | 0.05 | 2.3 | 3,893.9 | 0.09 | 4.9 |
| Capital amortization costs | 15,555.9 | 0.09 | 4.1 | 2,856.0 | 0.07 | 3.6 |
| Subtotal | 316,957.8 | 1.79 | 83.4 | 66,845.4 | 1.57 | 83.4 |
| Overheads (20% of the subtotal) | 62,881.6 | 0.35 | 16.6 | 13,319.9 | 0.31 | 16.6 |
| ALL COST | 379,839.3 | 2.14 | 100.0 | 80,165.3 | 1.89 | 100.0 |
*
Numbers were rounded.
†
Includes health volunteer's time.
‡
Includes fuel for spraying.