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Table 3 Projected intervention costs in 2030 (2014 US$)

From: Reducing diarrhoea deaths in South Africa: costs and effects of scaling up essential interventions to prevent and treat diarrhoea in under-five children

 

Scenario 1

Scenario 2

Scenario 3

 

Total costs

Incremental costs

Total costs

Incremental costs

Total costs

Incremental costs

WASH

      

Improved sanitation

1 304 343 520 (59.6%)

297 114 644 (58.4%)

1 530 490 650 (60.9%)

523 262 424 (62.7%)

1 531 657 562 (57.9%)

524 428 690 (54.4%)

Access to safe water*

735 212 909 (33.6%)

163 366 833 (32.1%)

816 261 686 (32.5%)

244 415 957 (29.3%)

816 884 039 (30.9%)

245 037 965 (25.4%)

Hand washing with soap

4 435 223 (0.2%)

1 988 942 (0.4%)

6 022 585 (0.2%)

3 599 383 (0.4%)

16 126 764 (0.6%)

13 703 561 (1.4%)

Hygienic disposal of children's stools

8 295 509 (0.4%)

2 467 605 (0.5%)

9 847 740 (0.4%)

4 074 817 (0.5%)

16 126 764 (0.6%)

10 353 840 (1.1%)

Sub total

2 052 287 161 (93.8%)

464 938 024 (91.5%)

2 362 622 661 (94%)

775 352 580 (92.9%)

2 380 795 129 (90.1%)

793 524 057 (82.3%)

Non-WASH

      

Treatment for moderate acute malnutrition

25 051 124 (1.1%)

11 841 473 (2.3%)

37 300 440 (1.5%)

24 205 350 (2.9%)

123 459 675 (4.7%)

110 364 586 (11.4%)

Therapeutic feeding - for severe wasting

34 412 469 (1.6%)

4 719 079 (0.9%)

40 369 964 (1.6%)

10 934 337 (1.3%)

61 670 496 (2.3%)

32 234 868 (3.3%)

Breastfeeding

36 424 280 (1.7%)

26 620 116 (5.2%)

36 080 948 (1.4%)

26 369 276 (3.2%)

36 081 673 (1.4%)

26 370 002 (2.7%)

Zinc - for treatment of diarrhoea

16 296 788 (0.7%)

4 045 301 (0.8%)

16 378 662 (0.7%)

4 236 493 (0.5%)

23 874 604 (0.9%)

11 732 435 (1.2%)

Rotavirus

16 171 464 (0.7%)

−4 090 655 (−0.8%)

12 644 055 (0.5%)

−7 442 129 (−0.9%)

7 898 913 (0.3%)

−12 187 271 (−1.3%)

Vitamin A supplementation

6 205 260 (0.3%)

484 905 (0.1%)

7 018 875 (0.3%)

1 318 815 (0.2%)

8 272 412 (0.3%)

2 572 352 (0.3%)

Antibiotics - for treatment of dysentery

657 076 (0.03%)

80 262 (0.02%)

760 948 (0.03%)

189 187 (0.02%)

1 079 560 (0.04%)

507 799 (0.1%)

Oral rehydration solution

840 507 (0.04%)

−282 589 (−0.1%)

619 551 (0.02%)

−493 656 (−0.1%)

273 673 (0.01%)

−839 535 (−0.1%)

Sub total

136 058 968 (6.2%)

43 417 892 (8.5%)

151 173 443 (6%)

59 317 673 (7.1%)

262 611 005 (9.9%)

170 755 236 (17.7%)

Total costs

2 188 346 129 (100%)

508 355 915 (100%)

2 513 796 104 (100%)

834 670 254 (100%)

2 643 406 134 (100%)

964 279 292 (100%)

Costs per capita

41

9

47

15

49

18

  1. *Access to safe water includes both an improved water source and a water connection in the home.