Pregnant women and infants as sentinel populations to monitor prevalence of malaria: results of pilot study in Lake Zone of Tanzania

Table 3 Direct costs associated with the testing of pregnant women and children in RCH clinics

Cost elements	Annual cost (US$)		Proportion of total cost (%)
Cost elements	Total for 54 health facilities	Average per health facility	Proportion of total cost (%)
Training of RCH staff	7656.25	141.78	7
Personnel: RCH nurses	3240.00	60.00	3
Consumables (RDT)^a	80,125.35	1483.80	72
Travel for monitoring and supervision	20,250.00	375.00	18
Total	111,271.60	2060.59	100

RCH reproductive and child health; RDT rapid diagnostic test
^aConsumables based on reported attendance (assumes 100 % test rate for both pregnant women and infants). Cost of RDT based on average price for 2013 [14]

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