Table 2.
Capacity, optimum (May 2012) and average monthly costs of NSPs operating in Tijuana, Mexico (all costs in 2017 $US)
| GF period | Post GF period | |
| May 2012 | 2015/2016 (average month) | |
| Unit of service | ||
| Harm reduction contacts per month | 932 | 2140 |
| Capital cost (monthly) | $778 | $778 |
| Building/space* | $537 | $537 |
| Equipment | $241 | $241 |
| Personnel* (monthly) | $2503 | $2407 |
| Coordinators | $748 | $748 |
| Accountant | $94 | $94 |
| Counsellor/Head of harm reduction services | $424 | $424 |
| Clinician (Nurse/Physician) | $698 | $698 |
| Health educators/Outreach workers | $539 | $443 |
| Non-personnel recurrent costs (monthly) | $38399 | $4947 |
| Syringes | $11395 | $1853 |
| Supplies | $178 | $178 |
| Utilities and other services* | $564 | $485 |
| Ancillary harm reduction contents | $26262 | $2431 |
| Total monthly cost† | $41681 | $8131 |
| Cost per harm reduction contact | $44.72 | $3.80 |
| Cost per syringe distributed including ancillary kit contents | $0.75 | $0.76 |
| Cost per syringe distributed excluding ancillary kit contents | $0.28 | $0.53 |
*Only includes the amount dedicated to providing harm reduction services.
†May not sum to total due to rounding.
GF, Global Fund; NSP, needle and syringe programmes.