Cost analysis of school-based intermittent screening and treatment of malaria in Kenya

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Financial and economic costs of malaria intermittent screening and treatment in schools in coastal Kenya by resource category (US$ 2010)

	Financial Cost¹			Annual Economic Cost	Economic cost per child screened	Cost Profile (%)⁶
Resource	New funds	Existing resources	Total
Personnel:
Salaries	-	132,516	132,516	25,077	2.27	36
Per Diems	22,852	-	22,852	4,357	0.39	6
	22,852	132,516	155,368	29,434	2.66	43
Transport:
Vehicle	-	17,387	17,387	3,292	0.30	5
Fuel	11,771	-	11,771	2,229	0.20	3
Servicing	-	16,884	16,884	3,197	0.29	5
Distribution²	33,104	-	33,104	6,246	0.57	9
	44,875	34,271	79,146	14,965	1.35	22
Facility:
Rent³	-	5,016	5,016	957	0.09	1
Other⁴	2,761	-	2,761	534	0.05	1
	2,761	5,016	7,777	1,490	0.13	2
Field Equipment:
RDTs	80,650	-	80,650	15,217	1.38	22
Anti-malarials	9,919	-	9,919	1,872	0.17	3
Other⁵	32,243	-	32,243	6,084	0.55	9
	122,813	-	122,813	23,173	2.10	34
TOTAL	193,301	171,803	365,104	69,062	6.24	100
%	53	47

¹ Financial costs are the undiscounted direct monetary costs for the programme over five years.
² Cost of transporting extra RDTs and anti-malarials to the district hospital
³ Includes utilities and furniture.
⁴ Includes office consumables and computer equipment.
⁵ Includes blood lancets, cotton wool, gauze roll, gloves, paper towels, disinfectant dispenser, thermometer, biscuit packs, milk cartons, bottled water, paracetamol, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, masking tape, garbage bag, marker pens, scissors, dust bin, triple timers, weighing scales and mobile phone credit.
⁶ Applies to both financial and economic costs.

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