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Table 4 Summary of the annual fixed costs of the outreach and VMW interventions (not including RDTs and drugs)

From: Cost of increasing access to artemisinin combination therapy: the Cambodian experience

 

Cost (US$)

 

Outreach

VMW

Basic annual fixed running costs

  

(excluding expatriate co-ordinator and start-up)

  

Personnel (including cost of supervision)

5,422

20,270

Transport

2,224

37,850

Other (equipment, overheads)

739

10,738

Sub-total

8,385

68,858

Additional costs

  

Annual salary of co-ordinator (20% allocation for outreach, 100% for VMW)

4,643

24,000

Initial start-up cost annualized over 5 years (Total $4,710 for outreach and $40,000 for VMW)

869

7,384

Sub-total

5,512

31,384

Total annual cost

13,897

100,242