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Table 5 Estimated costs of scaling up HMM assuming 20% and 35% of the rural communities utilize CHWs

From: Relative costs and effectiveness of treating uncomplicated malaria in two rural districts in Zambia: implications for nationwide scale-up of home-based management

1CHW:500

 

Population Rural for Zambia (CSO 2011)

7,978,274.00

Expected utilization @ 20%

1,595,654.80

Cost per case appropriately diagnosed and treated

4.22

Scale-up costs (USD)

6,733,663.26

Expected utilization @ 35%

2,792,395.90

Cost per case appropriately diagnosed and treated

4.22

Scale-up costs (USD)

11,783,910.70

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Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

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