Table 2

Annual costs and cost-effectiveness ratios of the programme 1999–2003 (1999 prices)

1999
 2000
 2001
 2002
 2003
 Average
 (%)
Brand creation
 20,972
 21,161
 21,279
 21,687
 21,986
 21,417
 3%








Capital costs






     Vehicles
 4,056
 6,144
 8,381
 14,595
 17,053
 10,046
 1%
     Equipment & furniture
 1,903
 3,288
 4,208
 2,848
 3,221
 3,094
 0%
     ITNs
 77,394
 202,893
 348,829
 586,770
 931,515
 429,480
 55%
     Subtotal
 83,353
 212,325
 361,418
 604,213
 951,789
 442,619
 57%








Recurrent costs






     Insecticide
 16,753
 34,335
 38,808
 58,076
 43,582
 38,311
 4%
     Staff
 81,496
 90,572
 54,058
 64,104
 66,974
 71,441
 10%
     Fuel/maintenance
 37,346
 67,105
 44,115
 94,223
 96,558
 67,869
 9%
     Office /warehouse rental
 806
 6,380
 10,204
 14,202
 14,080
 9,134
 1%
     Advertising & Promotion
 83,960
 71,846
 48,149
 27,603
 41,087
 54,529
 7%
     Supplies/overheads
 38,954
 42,492
 42,905
 82,322
 145,008
 70,336
 10%
     Subtotal
 259,315
 312,731
 238,240
 340,531
 407,288
 311,621
 40%








     ITNS distributed
 72,196
 131,881
 174,376
 372,911
 720,577
 294,388
     Retreatments distributed
 22,337
 46,731
 54,103
 81,824
 82,084
 57,416
     Treated-net-years
 47,267
 89,306
 114,240
 227,368
 401,331
 175,902

Total cost
 363,640
 546,217
 620,937
 966,431
 1,381,063
 775,657
 100%
Cost per net distributed
 5.04
 4.14
 3.56
 2.59
 1.92
 2.63
Cost per treated-net-year
 7.69
 6.12
 5.44
 4.25
 3.44
 4.41

Stevens et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:22   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-22