The economics of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review

Malaria Journal

Table 3 Cost of malaria elimination to the health system

Country or region	Study period	Cost per capita (2013 US$)^a	Cost per PAR (2013 US$)	Source
Africa
Mauritius	10-year time horizon	4.63	4.63	[13]
Mauritius	1955–2008	3.03–6.22	Not provided	[49]
São Tomé and Principe	2007 (modeled over 20 years)	12	Not provided	[50]
Swaziland	2007 (modeled over 20 years)	3.00	Not provided	[50]
Swaziland	10-year time horizon	2.65	13.77	[13]
Tanzania	10-year time horizon	4.22	4.22	[13]
Americas
Mexico	1971–1976	0.18	Not provided	[51]
Mexico	1970	0.54	Not provided	[52]
Asia
China	1994–1995	1.23 per suspected case^b	0.05	[53]
	2007 (modeled over 20 years)	0.27	2	[50]
	2007 (modeled over 20 years)	0.27	2.17	[54]
	10-year time horizon	0.23–0.54	0.30–0.55	[13]
India	Unspecified	Not provided	0.58 per person protected	[10]
Indonesia	Unspecified	Not provided	0.97 per person protected	[10]
Iran	Unspecified	20.95	Not provided	[55]
Iraq	1964–1970	2.96	Not provided	[56]
Jordan	1964–1970	0.95	Not provided	[56]
Lebanon	1964–1970	1.68	Not provided	[56]
Philippines	1998–2010	Not provided	0.67–13.08	[57]
Solomon Islands	2008	1.60	Not provided	[58]
Solomon Islands	2007 (modeled over 20 years)	20	Not provided	[50]
Sri Lanka	2007 (modeled over 20 years)	1.00	Not provided	[50]
Sri Lanka	Unspecified	Not provided	0.86 per person protected^c	[10]
Syria	1964–1970	0.73	Not provided	[56]
Taiwan	Unspecified	Not provided	0.52 per person protected^c	[10]
Taiwan	1952–1957	15.06	Not provided	[59]
Thailand	Unspecified	Not provided	1.54 per person protected^c	[10]
Vanuatu	2008	3.34	Not provided	[58]
	2007 (modeled over 20 years)	27	Not provided	[50]
	1991	18.44	Not provided	[60]

^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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