Table 4

Summary of the annual fixed costs of the outreach and VMW interventions (not including RDTs and drugs)


Cost (US$)



Outreach
VMW

Basic annual fixed running costs


(excluding expatriate co-ordinator and start-up)


Personnel (including cost of supervision)
5,422
20,270
Transport
2,224
37,850
Other (equipment, overheads)
739
10,738
Sub-total
8,385
68,858
Additional costs


Annual salary of co-ordinator (20% allocation for outreach, 100% for VMW)
4,643
24,000
Initial start-up cost annualized over 5 years (Total $4,710 for outreach and $40,000 for VMW)
869
7,384
Sub-total
5,512
31,384
Total annual cost
13,897
100,242

Yeung et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:84   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-84

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