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. 2016 Jan 25;15:41. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1102-3

Table 2.

Annual cost of malaria CHW in Myanmar with variation in remoteness, incentives and testing rate

Location Incentive Annual CHW cost (US$)
Number of malaria RDT performed per CHW
Default (135) Upper (250) Lower (20)
Easily accessible area No incentive 1061 1156 966
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month 1128 1281 976
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case 1161 1291 1032
US$ 20 per month 1301 1396 1206
Medium accessible area No incentive 1198 1293 1103
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month 1266 1418 1113
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case 1299 1428 1169
US$ 20 per month 1428 1533 1343
Difficult to access area No incentive 1986 2081 1891
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month 2954 2206 1901
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case 2087 2216 1957
US$ 20 per month 2226 2321 2131
Very difficult to access area No incentive 2151 2246 2056
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month 2219 2371 2066
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case 2252 2381 2122
US$ 20 per month 2391 2486 2296