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Table 5 Estimates of the economic burden of malaria in South Africa (2018–2029)

From: Investment case for malaria elimination in South Africa: a financing model for resource mobilization to accelerate regional malaria elimination

Scenarios

Direct Costs to Health System

Direct costs to Individuals

Monetized Indirect costs to society

Total estimated burden

Business as usual

R 3,180,190,344

R 1,132,828,672

R 231,531,993

R 4,544,551,008

Accelerate

R 4,520,328,296

R 137,715,681

R 55,885,400

R 4,713,929,377

Source Reduction

R 5,799,198,770

R 119,350,591

R 39,809,830

R 5,958,359,191

Reverse case scenario

R 23,003,065,946

R 79,643,930,724

R 11,730,138,523

R 114,377,135,193