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Table 3 Unit cost for CHW training

From: A framework for evaluating the costs of malaria elimination interventions: an application to reactive case detection in Southern Province of Zambia, 2014

Input category

Resource

Unit

Total units

Unit price

Total cost (2013 ZMW)

DSA, non MACEPA

DSA CHWs

Day

90

300

27,000

DSA HF supervisors

Day

9

500

4500

DSA trainers (DMO staff)

Day

12

500

6000

NMCC parasitologist

Day

4

600

2400

NMCC driver

Day

4

350

1400

DSA for MACEPA

Accommodation

Day

15

300

4500

M&IE

Day

20

210

4200

Other allowances

Lunch allowance

Day

12

50

600

Transport

Transport allowance

Day

12

100

1200

CHW/other transport allowance

Day

66

50

3300

Bus hire for field work

Bus trip

2

1150

2300

MACEPA vehicle

Vehicle days

4

508

2031

Fuel for MACEPA vehicle

Total fuel

  

200

GRZ vehicle

Vehicle days

4

508

2031

Fuel for NMCC vehicle

Total fuel

  

200

Venue costs

Venue

Day

2

300

600

Refreshments

Mineral water

Portion

100

3

300

Snacks

Portion

100

15

1500

Other costs

Bostik

Total

  

8

Printing and copying

Total

  

300

Airtime

Total

  

100

Sim cards and airtime

Total

  

160

Renting storage space

Day

4

120

480

Stationary and printing

Stationary

Total

  

1527

Printed materials

Total

36

28

704

Staff salaries

Environmental health officer

Day

12

260

3123

Midwife nurse

Day

12

260

3123

DMO pharmacist

Day

3

508

1524

MFPP/EHT

Day

3

260

781

District trainers

Day

12

342

4102

NMCC parasitologist

Day

4

508

2032

NMCC driver

Day

4

208

831

MACEPA technical

Day

8

1124

8994

MACEPA support

Day

4

313

1251

MACEPA PADM

Day

4

313

1251

MACEPA driver

Day

4

313

1251

Total (2013 ZMW)

    

95,802

Total (2014 ZMW)

(8 % inflation 2013–2014)

   

103,466

Total (2014 USD)

    

$16,190

Number of CHWs trained

    

30

Cost per CHW

    

$540

Annualized cost per CHW (2014 USD)

(3 %, 3 years)

   

$185