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Table 3 Average annual program cost per capita for selected interventions in GBD regions* (2000 I $)

From: Programme costs in the economic evaluation of health interventions

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%

  1. * 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.