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. 2017 Mar 4;16:102. doi: 10.1186/s12936-017-1763-6

Table 3.

Estimated costs of chemoprophylaxis to the Anti-Malaria Campaign

Year Number Sri Lankan nationals travelled to India Cost of chemoprophylaxis for 1 week (in SLRa) Cost of chemoprophylaxis for 2 weeks (in SLRa) Cost of chemoprophylaxis for 4 weeks (in SLRa)
2008 171,490 4,115,760 4,801,720 6,173,640
2009 175,839 4,220,136 4,923,492 6,330,204
2010 222,876 5,349,024 6,240,528 8,023,536
2011 277,856 6,668,544 7,779,968 10,002,816
2012 263,104 6,314,496 7,366,912 9,471,744
2013 240,975 5,783,400 6,747,300 8,675,100

a SLR refers to Sri Lankan Rupees (1 USD ~130 SLR between 2008 and 2013)