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. 2011 Sep 20;10:273. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-273

Table 2.

Financial and economic costs of malaria intermittent screening and treatment in schools in coastal Kenya by resource category (US$ 2010)

Financial Cost1 Annual Economic Cost Economic cost per child screened Cost Profile (%)6

Resource New funds Existing resources Total
Personnel:
 Salaries - 132,516 132,516 25,077 2.27 36
 Per Diems 22,852 - 22,852 4,357 0.39 6

22,852 132,516 155,368 29,434 2.66 43
Transport:
 Vehicle - 17,387 17,387 3,292 0.30 5
 Fuel 11,771 - 11,771 2,229 0.20 3
 Servicing - 16,884 16,884 3,197 0.29 5
 Distribution2 33,104 - 33,104 6,246 0.57 9

44,875 34,271 79,146 14,965 1.35 22
Facility:
 Rent3 - 5,016 5,016 957 0.09 1
 Other4 2,761 - 2,761 534 0.05 1

2,761 5,016 7,777 1,490 0.13 2
Field Equipment:
 RDTs 80,650 - 80,650 15,217 1.38 22
 Anti-malarials 9,919 - 9,919 1,872 0.17 3
 Other5 32,243 - 32,243 6,084 0.55 9

122,813 - 122,813 23,173 2.10 34
TOTAL 193,301 171,803 365,104 69,062 6.24 100

% 53 47

1 Financial costs are the undiscounted direct monetary costs for the programme over five years.

2 Cost of transporting extra RDTs and anti-malarials to the district hospital

3 Includes utilities and furniture.

4 Includes office consumables and computer equipment.

5 Includes blood lancets, cotton wool, gauze roll, gloves, paper towels, disinfectant dispenser, thermometer, biscuit packs, milk cartons, bottled water, paracetamol, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, masking tape, garbage bag, marker pens, scissors, dust bin, triple timers, weighing scales and mobile phone credit.

6 Applies to both financial and economic costs.