Table 1.
Major cost categories and expenses from the oral cholera vaccine campaign, Haiti, 2013
| Cerca Carvajal (rural) | Petite Anse (urban) | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost item | Total costs ($) | % of total | Total costs ($) | % of total | Total costs ($) | % of total |
| Vaccine costs* | 96,269 | 69.3 | 376,597 | 77.6 | 472,866 | 75.8 |
| Site-specific costs | ||||||
| Local personnel | 23,174 | 16.7 | 63,687 | 13.1 | 86,861 | 13.9 |
| Field and office supplies | 3,103 | 2.2 | 2,276 | 0.5 | 5,379 | 0.9 |
| Local vaccine management† | 4,864 | 3.5 | 4,614 | 1.0 | 9,478 | 1.5 |
| Social mobilization | 1,919 | 1.4 | 4,181 | 0.9 | 6,100 | 1.0 |
| Central level costs‡ | 9,636 | 6.9 | 33,206 | 6.9 | 42,842 | 6.9 |
| Total costs | 138,966 | 100 | 484,561 | 100 | 623,527 | 100 |
| Cost per dose | % of total | Cost per dose | % of total | Cost per dose | % of total | |
| Vaccine cost per dose | 1.85 | 58 | 1.85 | 66 | 1.85 | 64 |
| Vaccine shipping and storage | 0.35 | 11 | 0.35 | 12 | 0.35 | 12 |
| Vaccine delivery | 0.98 | 31 | 0.62 | 22 | 0.70 | 24 |
| Total cost per dose administered | 3.18 | 100 | 2.82 | 100 | 2.90 | 100 |
*
Doses were donated to the government of Haiti but priced here at the market value of $ 1.85/dose. See text for further details. Includes vaccine shipping and storage costs.
†
Local storage and distribution costs, cold-chain maintenance and logistical support.
‡
Per diem for staff from Port-au-Prince, phone credit, vehicle fuel/lease/maintenance, supplies, and campaign promotional media and materials.