Table 2.
Annual program expenditures1
| Category | Item | Annual cost ($)2 |
|---|---|---|
| VHW stipends |
VHW stipends |
$4,953 (27.5%) |
| Training |
Materials (incl. VHW lunch, snack, and transportation refunds) |
$3,795 |
| |
Facilitator pay |
$891 |
| |
Standardized patient program |
$805 |
| |
Total |
$5,490 (30.5%) |
| Supervision |
Supervisor pay |
$3,251 |
| |
Transportation |
$1,779 |
| |
Total |
$5,030 (27.9%) |
| Administration |
Staff pay |
$1,856 |
| |
Cell phone airtime |
$340 |
| |
Total |
$2,195 (12.2%) |
| Donated costs |
Program forms |
$331 (1.8%) |
| Total costs |
Annual total cost |
$18,000 (100%) |
| |
Annual total cost – per VHW |
$516 |
| |
Annual total cost – per household served |
$4.61 |
| Annual total cost – per individual served3 | $1.12 |
1For VHW stipends, actual expenditures were used. For all other categories, budgeted expenditures were used. This will tend to overestimate training costs, since it assumes 100% attendance at training.
2An exchange rate of 2,120 Ugandan shillings per dollar has been used, the exchange rate as of May 1, 2010 (historical exchange rate obtained from: XE Current and Historical Rate Tables [http://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=UGX&view=2Y], accessed July 5, 2011).
3Population of villages served estimated using the average household size for Muramba subcounty (taken from: Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census: Kisoro District Report. Entebbe: Uganda Bureau of Statistics, November 2005).