Title: Control of malaria vectors: cost analysis in a province of northern Vietnam.

POPLINE Document Number: 141412

Author(s):

Verle P
Lieu TT
Kongs A
Van der Stuyft P
Coosemans M

Source citation:

Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1999 Feb;4(2):139-45.

Abstract:

The cost of permethrin-treated (twice yearly) bednets was compared to the cost of annual residual spraying with lambdacyhalothrin in Hao Binh, a mountainous province in northern Vietnam. Calculations of the amounts of insecticides needed were based upon national guidelines, cross-sectional survey data, and district activity reports. The actual cost of insecticide required per person per year for impregnation was US$0.26, lower than the US$0.36 required for spraying, although the total cost for impregnated bednets per person per year was US$0.90, compared to US$0.47 for spraying. The determining factor for the large difference in overall cost was the cost of the net, amounting to US$0.58/person/year, assuming a 5-year net life. Other materials, labor, and transport combined accounted for only 17% of the impregnation cost and 23% of spraying expenses. However, for the National Malaria Control Program of Vietnam, the cost per person per year for impregnated bednets was only US$0.32, because most nets are bought by the population. For spraying, the program had to bear the entire cost.

Keywords:

Vietnam
Research Report
Pesticides
Malaria Prevention
Developing Countries
Asia, Southeastern
Asia
Ingredients and Chemicals
Malaria
Parasitic Diseases
Diseases