Table 2 Annual cost of malaria CHW in Myanmar with variation in remoteness, incentives and testing rate
From: Malaria community health workers in Myanmar: a cost analysis
Location | Incentive | Annual CHW cost (US$) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of malaria RDT performed per CHW | ||||
Default (135) | Upper (250) | Lower (20) | ||
Easily accessible area | No incentive | 1061 | 1156 | 966 |
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month | 1128 | 1281 | 976 | |
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case | 1161 | 1291 | 1032 | |
US$ 20 per month | 1301 | 1396 | 1206 | |
Medium accessible area | No incentive | 1198 | 1293 | 1103 |
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month | 1266 | 1418 | 1113 | |
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case | 1299 | 1428 | 1169 | |
US$ 20 per month | 1428 | 1533 | 1343 | |
Difficult to access area | No incentive | 1986 | 2081 | 1891 |
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month | 2954 | 2206 | 1901 | |
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case | 2087 | 2216 | 1957 | |
US$ 20 per month | 2226 | 2321 | 2131 | |
Very difficult to access area | No incentive | 2151 | 2246 | 2056 |
US$ 0.3 per test and US$ 5 per month | 2219 | 2371 | 2066 | |
US$ 0.5 per test and US$ 0.5 per case | 2252 | 2381 | 2122 | |
US$ 20 per month | 2391 | 2486 | 2296 | |