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Table 1 Per capita financial cost

From: Contextual variations in costs for a community health strategy implemented in rural, peri-urban and nomadic sites in Kenya

Site

CHU average area (km2)

CHU average pop (2009 census)

Average annual cost/CHU ($)

Average # of CHVs/CHU

Per CHV

Pop. per capita cost (US $)

Area

Pop.

Cost

Rural

8.4

5592

20,354

36

0.2

153

558.6

3.6

Peri-urban

4.0

30,350

15,472

66

0.1

463

236.2

0.5

Nomadic

157.8

4377

14,135

15

10.5

292

942.3

3.2

  1. CHU community health unit, CHV community health volunteer, 2009 census = Kenyan national census figures