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Table 6 Annual economic costs (US$) for malaria treatment and prevention (for 2009)

From: The economic costs of malaria in children in three sub-Saharan countries: Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya

 

Number of casesa

Household cost per episodeb

Health system cost per episodec

Total household costs

Total health system treatment cost

Total cost

Average treatment cost per case

 

Ghana

 

Uncomplicated malaria

721,827

5.70

2.89

4,114,412

2,086,079

6.200,492

 

Malaria hospitalization

36,091

48.73

27.49

1,758,731

992,151

2,750,882

 

Cerebral malaria

1,643

49.17

27.49

80,792

45,169

125,960

 

Sequelae

256

106.95

122.89

27,426

31,514

58,940

 

Death

2,279

12,804.43

 

29,187,094

 

29,187,094

 

Health system prevention costs

     

28,643,462

 

TOTAL including costs associated with productivity loss due to death

   

35,168,455

 

66,966,829

 

TOTAL excluding costs associated with productivity loss death

   

5,981,361

3,154,913

37,779,735

11.99

 

Tanzania

 

Uncomplicated malaria

3,979,828

3.56

1.75

14,168,187

6,964,699

21,132,886

 

Malaria hospitalization

178,155

19.82

18.56

3,531,024

3,306,549

6,837,573

 

Cerebral malaria

8,111

19.82

19.13

160,755

155,158

315,913

 

Sequelae

1,266

97.58

40.16

123,520

50,836

174,356

 

Death

21,254

7,461.95

 

158,592,785

 

158,592,785

 

Health system prevention costs

     

103,520,000

 

TOTAL including costs associated with productivity loss due to death

   

176,576,271

 

290,573,513

 

TOTAL excluding costs associated with productivity loss death

   

17,983,486

10,477,242

131,980,728

6.79

 

Kenya

 

Uncomplicated malaria

2,567,086

8.68

2.77

22,282,304

7,110,827

29,393,132

 

Malaria hospitalization

648,270

32.28

20.86

20,926,168

13,522,920

34,449,088

 

Cerebral malaria

29,513

32.28

20.86

952,691

615,649

1,568,340

 

Sequelae

4,606

232.20

56.86

1,069,544

261,905

1,331,448

 

Death

17,222

8,225.85

 

141,667,404

 

141,667,404

 

Health system prevention costs

     

42,300,000

 

TOTAL including costs associated with productivity loss due to death

   

186,898,111

 

250,709,412

 

TOTAL excluding costs associated with productivity loss death

   

45,230,707

21,511,301

109,042,008

20.54

  1. Notes: aThe total number of malaria cases occurring in U5 children in 2009 was estimated for each country by assuming the same proportion of total cases accounted for by U5 cases as published in the World Malaria Report 2010; b, csee Table 3.