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. 2013 Jun;13(2):423–429. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v13i2.32

Table 2.

Cost by category and VCT strategy

Cost Category VCT Strategy
FB-VCT (US$) HB-VCT (US$)
Capital
Building 435 54
Furniture 7 0
Training 0 353
Sub-total capital costs 443 407
Recurrent
Personnel 525 579
Supplies 1261 1247
Building operation and maintenance 767 0
On-going training 118 220
Transport 0 9
Sub-total recurrent costs 2671 2055
Total cost 3114 2462
Unit cost per client tested 6.4 5.0

VCT= voluntary counseling and testing, FB= facility-based, HB= home-based

The unit cost per client tested was US$6.4 and US$ 5.0 for the facility-based and home-based VCT strategies respectively.