Table 6 |
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Comparison of total expenditure between different interventions |
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Type of intervention |
Expenditure per person protected |
Total expenditure for the population of the city |
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US $ |
US $ |
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Bed nets |
2.6a |
1,831,304 |
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Window screens |
2.3b |
5,182,527 |
|
Ceilings |
31.9c |
42,069,559 |
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Expenditure per person = Cost of intervention/Number of people protected. Expenditure for the city = Cost per person × Population size (The population size used was approximately 2,700,000 inhabitants of Dar es Salaam city × Mean coverage of the intervention. a The cost of insecticide treated bed nets at the time when this study was carried out was TShs. 6000, at the exchange rate of US $ TShs. 1150 per US $ at the time. Key assumptions are approximately two people per net; ITN coverage was approximately 26%. b The total median cost of installation of window screens was approximately US $ 25.5 spent on approximately a median of 11 people per house. cThe total median cost of installation of ceilings was approximately UD $ 350.5 spent on approximately a median of 11 people per house. |
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Ogoma et al. Malaria Journal 2009 8:221 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-221 |
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