Table 1. Sensitivity analyses of the predicted number of under-five lives that could be saved with full funding for all LLINs needed versus currently funded LLINs, depending on malaria mortality assumptions.
Predicted no. child lives saved* (lower/upper uncertainty limits)** | |||||
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2013-16 | |
LLINs required to fully fill estimated needs | 253,500 | 293,997 | 310,112 | 322,875 | 1,180,484 |
(152,220 – 369,022) | (176,162 – 427,878) | (185,456 – 451,565) | (193,198 – 470,478) | (707,036 – 1,718,943) | |
Currently funded LLINs | 249,870 | 271,754 | 246,010 | 170,885 | 938,519 |
(150,031 – 363,520) | (162,486 – 395,020) | (145,954 – 357,548) | (100,882 – 248,071) | (559,353 – 1,364,159) | |
Mortality gap | 3,630 | 22,243 | 64,102 | 151,990 | 241,965 |
(2,189 – 5,502) | (13,676 – 32,858) | (39,502 – 94,017) | (92,316 – 222,407) | (147,683 – 354,784) |
NOTES: *Baseline mortality impact assumptions: PE of LLIN 0.55; default proportion of post-neonatal deaths due to malaria; **Lower mortality impact assumptions: PE of LLIN 0.49; lower uncertainty limit for proportion of post-neonatal deaths due to malaria. Upper mortality impact assumptions: PE of LLIN 0.60; upper uncertainty limit for proportion of post-neonatal deaths due to malaria.