Table 3.
Structure, output, and unit costs of insecticide-treated curtains (ITC) distribution: Trujillo, Venezuela, and Laem Chabang, Thailand, 2007
| Venezuela | Thailand | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertical model | Partnership model | Partnership model with supervision | |
| Number of inhabitants | 9,248 | 10,262 | 4,179 |
| Number of households | 1,965 | 2,145 | 2,036 |
| Number of clusters | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| Average number of houses per cluster | 393 | 429 | 93 |
| Number of ITC distributed | 7,206 | 5,878 | 6,507 |
| % of households covered at distribution | 78.7 | 75.7 | 94 |
| Average number of ITC distributed per household | 4.66 | 3.62 | 3.4 |
| Number of persons distributing ITC | 12 | 26 | 96 |
| Total number of hours worked | 480 | 2,848 | 1,708.5 |
| Productivity (ITC/person/hour) | 15.01 | 2.06 | 3.81 |
| Average number of days to cover 1 cluster | 1 | 24 | 7 |
| % of households covered at 22 month | 37.9 | 38.9 | 59.7* |
| Cost per distributed curtain | 1.90 | 2.32 | 1.96 |
| Cost per inhabitant | 1.48 | 1.33 | 3.05 |
| Cost per household | 6.95 | 6.34 | 6.27 |
| Cost per household covered | 8.84 | 8.38 | 6.68 |
*
At 18 months.