Table 3

Average annual program cost per capita for selected interventions in GBD regions* (2000 I $)

Disease / intervention
HIV/AIDS: Preventing Mother To Child Transmission
HIV/AIDS: Educating sex workers
Alcohol: Random breath testing of drivers**
Alcohol: Brief physician advice to reduce heavy alcohol use





Coverage level
Antenatal care coverage††
50%
80%
95%
95%
50%







GBD2000 region‡













PC‡‡
PC as % of Total Costs
PC
PC as % of Total Costs
PC
PC as % of Total Costs
PC
PC as % of Total Costs
PC
PC as % of Total Costs
PC
PC as % of Total Costs
AfrD
$0.08
8%
$0.05
70%
$0.06
63%
$0.06
61%
$0.31
100%
$ 0.011
21%
AfrE
$0.15
10%
$0.07
74%
$0.09
69%
$0.10
67%
$0.42
100%
$ 0.012
8%
AmrA
$0.19
5%
$0.06
92%
$0.09
91%
$0.10
91%
$0.29
100%
$ 0.006
0%
AmrB
$0.05
5%
$0.02
84%
$0.03
78%
$0.03
76%
$0.28
100%
$ 0.007
2%
AmrD
$0.03
4%
$0.02
62%
$0.02
55%
$0.03
52%
$0.45
100%
$ 0.005
8%
EmrB
$0.11
9%
$0.08
96%
$0.09
96%
$0.09
96%
NA
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
EmrD
$0.08
15%
$0.06
94%
$0.06
94%
$0.06
94%
NA
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
EurA
$0.17
9%
$0.09
97%
$0.10
96%
$0.11
96%
$0.55
100%
$ 0.025
1%
EurB
$0.14
18%
$0.05
91%
$0.05
91%
$0.05
91%
$0.51
100%
$ 0.008
2%
EurC
$0.03
9%
$0.03
83%
$0.03
83%
$0.03
83%
$0.25
100%
$ 0.003
0%
SearB
$0.07
9%
$0.01
36%
$0.02
35%
$0.02
34%
$0.19
100%
$ 0.001
2%
SearD
$0.02
4%
$0.03
69%
$0.03
65%
$0.04
64%
$0.17
100%
$ 0.004
29%
WprA
$0.19
9%
$0.10
97%
$0.11
97%
$0.12
96%
$0.95
100%
$ 0.022
4%
WprB
$0.09
15%
$0.10
89%
$0.11
89%
$0.11
89%
$0.23
100%
$ 0.006
5%

* Costs are average annual discounted programme costs of implementing an intervention during 10 years ** Only relevant at 95% coverage † Only relevant at 50% coverage ††Current antenatal care coverage in GBD regions; defined as percentage of target population with at least one antenatal care visit during pregnancy ‡ AFR = Africa Region; AMR = Region of the Americas; EMR = Eastern Mediterranean Region; EUR = European Region; SEAR = South East Asian Region; WPR = Western Pacific Region. A sub regions have very low rates of adult and child mortality; B = low adult, low child; C = high adult, low child; D = high adult, high child; E = very high adult, high child mortality.

Johns et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2003 1:1   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-1-1

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