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Table 1 Financial and economic implementation costs (2017 US$) of house improvement (HI) alone

From: Cost of community-led larval source management and house improvement for malaria control: a cost analysis within a cluster-randomized trial in a rural district in Malawi

Cost category

Pre-implementation phasea

Implementation costs (Y1)a

Average annual costsa

Percentage of total annual average

Financial

Economic

Financial

Economic

Financial

Economic

Annual financial

Annual economic

Recurrent costs

 Staff (international)

49,032

49,032

59,069

59,069

46,039

46,039

42.6

37.3

 Staff (national)

20,078

20,078

18,354

18,354

14,268

14,268

13.2

11.6

 Training

12,276

12,276

1840

1840

3738

3738

3.5

3.0

 Transportb

5123

5123

14,890

14,890

12,399

12,399

11.5

10.0

 Office consumables and supplies

–

–

882

882

836

836

0.8

0.7

 Community labour (manual)c

–

–

–

7108

–

3554

0

2.9

 Community time attending village workshopsd

 

6323

 

7281

 

7564

0

6.1

 IEC and other community engagement activitiese

2361

2361

1767

1767

2200

2200

2.0

1.8

 Office space and storage

–

3190

–

4224

–

3216

0.0

2.6

 Communication

1926

3484

3138

4674

2321

3491

2.2

2.8

Capital costsf

 Transportb

24,911

24,911

24,731

24,731

24,580

24,580

22.8

19.9

 Computers and accessories

1987

1987

154

154

77

77

0.1

0.1

 Screening wire mesh and accessories

–

–

1563

1563

1540

1540

1.4

1.3

Sub-total recurrent costs

90,797

101,868

99,940

120,089

81,802

97,306

75.7

78.8

Sub-total capital costs

26,898

26,898

26,295

26,295

26,197

26,197

24.3

21.2

Total costs

117,695

128,766

126,388

146,537

107,999

123,503

100.0

100.0

Cost per person

    

23.64

27.04

  
  1. aPre-implementation phase: Jan 2014–April 2016. Y1 = year 1 (May 2016–April 2017). Year 2 = May 2017–May 2018 (cost not shown). Implementation phase = year 1 and year 2. Annual average costs = (year 1 + year 2)/2
  2. bTransport: Recurrent transport costs include vehicle operating costs only (fuel, insurance, maintenance and repairs). Capital transport costs include vehicle purchase costs only
  3. cManual labour donated by community members towards HI activities: closing eaves, gaps in walls, and fixing wire mesh, etc., valued using Malawi government minimum wage rate
  4. dCommunity time attending village workshops (person-hours spent per workshop), valued using Malawi government minimum wage rate
  5. eIEC = Information, Education and Communication, including costs of printing and translation of educational material, implementation guides/manuals, etc. Other community engagement activities include community members labour towards disseminating messages about interventions (e.g. village ‘criers’ to inform community members of upcoming meetings
  6. fCapital costs: Costs for items with a useful life of > 1 year and replacement value of > $100