Table 1.

Cost of food supplementation for pregnant women in Bangladesh by implementation strategy, NGO run community nutrition centres (CNSs), government (Govt.) run CNCs, and by a hypothetical highest cost scenario^a

Cost items	NGO run CNC	Govt. run CNC	Highest cost
Food	25.30 (0.3187) [46.02]	15.70 (0.1978) [32.70]	30.03 (0.3783) [48.07]
Staff	3.09 (0.0389) [5.62]	4.78 (0.0602) [9.95]	4.78 (0.0602) [7.65]
Training and meeting	0.91 (0.0114) [1.65]	1.09 (0.0138) [2.28]	1.13 (0.0142) [1.80]
Administration	0.64 (0.0081) [1.17]	0.80 (0.0101) [1.66]	0.80 (0.0101) [1.28]
Capital (space)	1.17 (0.0147) [2.12]	1.35 (0.0170) [2.81]	1.45 (0.0182) [2.31]
Community Volunteers’ time	0.65 (0.0082) [1.18]	0.81 (0.0101) [1.68]	0.81 (0.0101) [1.29]
Recurrent	0.37 (0.0047) [0.67]	0.64 (0.0081) [1.33]	0.64 (0.0081) [1.03]
Participant time	22.85 (0.2878) [41.57]	22.85 (0.2878) [47.60]	22.85 (0.2878) [36.58]
Cost/pregnant woman/day for food	54.98 (0.6926) [100 %]	48.01 (0.6048) [100 %]	62.47 (0.7869) [100 %]

^a 1 US$ =79.3823 Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) at exchange rate for the year 2013 (Reference number 20). Costs represent per pregnant woman per day in BDT (US$) [% total cost]. Cost per capsule for iron folic acid is BDT 0.457 (US$ 0.00575), and multiple micronutrients is BDT 1.371 (US$ 0.017272). Calculations are presented for NGO run CNCs, government run CNCs, and under a hypothetical highest cost scenario combining costs from the first two options. Sources are reference numbers 15, 17, 19, and 21