The economics of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review

Shretta, Rima; Avanceña, Anton L. V.; Hatefi, Arian

doi:10.1186/s12936-016-1635-5

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Cost of malaria control to the health system

From: The economics of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review

Country or region	Study period	Cost per capita (2013 US$)^a	Cost per PAR (2013 US$)	Source
Global	2006–2015	2.50	Not provided	[26]
	2003–2009	Not provided	1.42–11.13	[27]
	2002–2007	Not provided	0.47–0.80	[28]
Africa
Ethiopia	2011–2015	1.67	2.94	[29]
Kenya	1990	0.28	Not provided	[30]
Liberia	1953–1961	31.25–39.06	Not provided	[31]
Mauritius	10-year time horizon	2.37	2.37	[13]
Rwanda	2011–2015	4.76	6.64	[29]
Senegal	2011–2015	4.26	4.26	[29]
Sub-Saharan Africa	2003	1.21–2.22	1.76–2.61	[32]
Sub-Saharan Africa	2006–2015	3.47	4.65	[33]
Swaziland	10-year time horizon	0.94	4.88	[13]
Tanzania	2011–2015	2.14–2.21	2.14–2.21	[29]
	10-year time horizon	3.26	3.26	[13]
	2011–2015	2.87	2.87	[29]
Zambia	1929–1949	11.86	Not provided	[34]
Americas
Brazil	1989–1996	2.15	6.60	[14]
Colombia	1993–1998	0.54–3.48	Not provided	[35]
Asia
Afghanistan	1953	1.34	Not provided	[36]
Bangladesh	2008–2012	Not provided	0.40	[37]
Bangladesh	1990	Not provided	0.02	[38]
China	10-year time horizon	0.12–0.21	0.16–0.22	[13]
India	1953	0.30	Not provided	[36]
	1990	Not provided	0.12	[38]
	1953–1977	0.36	Not provided	[39]
	1989	9.39	Not provided	[40]
Indonesia	1990	Not provided	2.16	[38]
Nepal	1990	Not provided	0.52	[38]
	Unspecified	0.11–1.21	Not provided	[41]
	1984–1985	0.45–1.36	Not provided	[42]
Palestine	1921–1922	19–32	Not provided	[43]
Sri Lanka	2009	Not provided	1.95	[44]
	2004	Not provided	0.87–2.06	[44]
	1994–1995	Not provided	0.36–4.26 per person protected^c	[45]
	1977–1981	1.71	Not provided	[46]
	1953	0.80	Not provided	[36]
	1934–1955	0.63–5.22	Not provided	[47]
Thailand	1995	Not provided	12.94–15.40 per case^b	[48]
Thailand	1990	Not provided	1.59	[38]

^aUnless otherwise stated, the costs reported here are costs per capita, computed by dividing total program costs by the total population in the area of implementation
^bThese costs represent the costs for detecting and treating cases and may not include prevention costs
^cThese costs reflect the cost of selected interventions and not the entire programme

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