Table 1. Components of the unit costs of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services, Namibia and Rwanda, 2009.

Activity	Cost components
	Workforce	Commodities	Drugs
Testing and counselling	Midwife, physician	Rapid test kit, ELISA, miscellaneous items	None
CD4+ cell counts	Midwife, laboratory technician, driver	Reagent, miscellaneous items	None
Provision of antiretrovirals	Midwife, physician	None	Antiretroviralsa
Community-based activities	Social worker	Transportation fare	None
SXTb prophylaxis	Nurse, social worker	None	SXTb
Family planning	Midwife, social worker	None	Oral contraceptives
Early infant diagnosis	Nurse, laboratory technician, driver	Reagent, miscellaneous items	None

ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; SXT, co-trimoxazole.

^a Single-dose nevirapine, two- and three-drug combinations for prophylaxis, the antiretroviral therapy recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006,¹⁵ or Options A or B recommended by WHO in 2010.¹⁶

^b In paediatric and/or adult formulations.