Cost and cost-effectiveness of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl in a high malaria transmission district of Mozambique with high access to standard insecticide-treated nets

Table 4 Inflation-adjusted costs of indoor residual spraying activities in the district of Mopeia in 2016 and 2017 (US$)

	Average economic cost of IRS campaigns		2016 campaign		2017 campaign
	Average economic cost of IRS campaigns	% of total	Economic cost	% of total	Economic cost	% of total
Personnel	35,019.67	5.77%	32,275.28	5.81%	37,764.06	5.74%
Vehicles	60,299.66	9.93%	54,894.23	9.87%	65,705.10	9.98%
Equipment	39,048.14	6.43%	40,273.10	7.24%	37,823.19	5.75%
Training	16,595.22	2.73%	16,978.43	3.05%	16,212.02	2.46%
Insecticide	312,006.37	51.39%	263,430.58	47.38%	360,582.16	54.78%
Commodities	15,160.09	2.50%	17,295.04	3.11%	13,025.14	1.98%
Buildings	9,745.97	1.61%	8,945.52	1.61%	10,546.43	1.60%
Project management	100,453.00	16.55%	104,803.45	18.85%	96,102.55	14.60%
Monitoring and evaluation	18,793.48	3.10%	17,088.59	3.07%	20,498.37	3.11%
Total	607,121.61		555,984.21	100%	658,259.00	100%
Cost per structure sprayed	36.28		33.70		38.87
Cost per person protected	8.26		7.25		9.27
Cost per person protected with community-wide effect¹	7.06		6.23		7.89

¹ The value was computed as the total IRS cost divided by the total target population, as it was assumed that a community-wide effect would protect individuals of non-sprayed households due to the high coverage achieved in the campaigns (85%)

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