Table 3.
“No raw sap” and “only safe sap” intervention cost, implemented in 2012–2014 in Rajbari District and 2013–2014 in Faridpur District to reduce the risk of Nipah virus infection, Bangladesh
| Component | “No raw sap” intervention (population: 361,000) | “Only safe sap” intervention (population: 335,000) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Total cost (US$) | Cost per person reached (US$) | Description | Total cost (US$) | Cost per person reached (US$) | |
| TV public service announcement | ||||||
| Cable operator cost | 1 operator in 2 sub districts at $154 each season for two seasons | $308 | 11 operators in 2 sub districts at $59.5 per operator for one season | $654 | ||
| DVDs cost | 5 DVDs at $1 per unit | $5 | 20 DVDs at $1 per unit | $20 | ||
| Total cost of TV public service announcement | 11% of people directly saw the TV public service announcement | $313 | $0.008 | 12% of people directly saw the TV public service announcement | $674 | $0.017 |
| Poster | ||||||
| Printing cost | 3000 posters at $0.15 per unit | $450 | 7000 posters at $0.119 per unit | $830 | ||
| Affixing cost | 3000 posters at $.30 per unit | $900 | 7000 posters at $.30 per unit | $2100 | ||
| Total cost of poster | 21% of people saw a poster | $1305 | $0.017 | 31% of people saw a poster | $2930 | $0.028 |
| NGO training | ||||||
| Staff training | 45 staff per training session, at $2674 per training session | $2674 | 56 staff per training session, at $2674 per training session | $2575 | ||
| Training manuals | 1000 training manuals at $0.13 per unit | $125 | 1000 training manuals at $0.275 per unit | $275 | ||
| Total cost of NGO training | $2799 | $2850 | ||||
| Meeting cost | ||||||
| Meetings | 585 meetings at $37.48 per meeting | $21,928 | 601 meetings at $48.87 per meeting | $29,374 | ||
| Calendars/yearly planner | 1500 yearly planners at $0.21 per unit | $315 | 5000 calendars at $0.152 per unit | $761 | ||
| Total cost of meetings | 10% of people attended meeting | $22,243 | $0.62 | 12% of people attended meeting | $30,135 | $0.75 |
| Intervention monitoring cost | ||||||
| TV public service announcement monitoring | 15 tea stalls per district at $1.3 per tea stall for two seasons | $40 | 15 tea stalls per district at $1.3 per tea stall for one seasons | $20 | ||
| Meeting monitoring | 4 persons at $865per per person | $3460 | 4 persons at $865per per person | $3460 | ||
| Total cost of intervention monitoring | $3500 | $3480 | ||||
| Total cost with TV public service announcement, poster, meeting and monitoring of a “no raw sap” intervention | 30% of people directly reached by the intervention | $30,205 | $0.28 | |||
| Gachhi component | ||||||
| Training | 1160 gachhis at $7.6 per gachhi training | $8846 | ||||
| Stickers to identify bana protected sap | 6000 stickers, per $0.035 | $210 | ||||
| Incentive for gachhis who used bana | 1100 gachhis at $5.8 per sweatshirt | $6346 | ||||
| Total cost of gachhi component | 1160 gachhis reached | $15,402 | $13 | |||
| Total cost with TV public service announcement, poster, meeting monitoring and gachhi training, for an “only safe sap” intervention | 41% of people directly reached by the intervention | $55,471 | $0.40 | |||
| Total in Bangladeshi taka (BDT) | 2,4487,080 | 4,567,564 | ||||