Table II.

The unit cost of giving Mycobacterium indicus pranii (MIP) to new leprosy patients and their contacts in National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP), India

Parameters	Details of cost (₹)	References/comments
Cost of one vial of MIP vaccine	140	As per cost quoted by Ms Cadila Pharmaceuticals in June, 2018
Number of doses from one vial	6
Cost of vaccine/dose + syringe + needle per dose	23.33
Cost of supply chain and other expenses/dose	25	Cost for human resource training and cold chain equipment strengthening
Total cost of giving MIP to MB patients/year	215	One dose thrice in a year: 0, 6 and 12 months during treatment
Total cost of giving MIP to PB patients/year	143.33	One dose at day zero and repeated after six months
Total cost of two doses to contacts	143.33	Two doses: One on both the arms (in two divided doses, on both the upper arm) at day zero and single dose after six months
Cost of giving MIP to patient (weighted average)	179.17

MB, multibacillary leprosy; PB, paucibacillary leprosy