National Project Implementation Plan - NVBDCP

Table 2: Estimated Costs of New Protocol in 100 Endemic Districts, 2008 to 2012
(i) Number of new fever cases in 100 districts Mil. cases 13.30 13.21 14.23 14.62 15.10
[50% of BSC]
(ii) Phased area coverage of new protocol % of area 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
(50% in the first 2 years and full 100%
in 3rd, 4th & 5th year)
(iii) Total cost of treatment and testing in areas not
yet under new protocol Mil. Rs. 101.3 100.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
(iv) Number of new fever cases in areas under new
protocol Mil. cases 6.65 6.61 14.23 10.23 7.55
[the number of new fever cases declines by 30% and
50% (over the level of the third year) in the fourth
and fifth year respectively]
(v) Total cost of testing in areas under new
protocol Mil. Rs. 85.1 84.6 182.1 131.0 96.6
[Assumptions: (a) all new fever cases are tested by
either laboratory or via RDKs; (b) 40% are tested
through laboratory and 60% through RDKs; [c] costs
per case are Rs. 5 and Rs. 18 respectively]
(vi) Number of confirmed Pf cases in areas under
new protocol Mil. cases 2.2 2.2 4.7 3.4 2.5
[Assumed to be one-third of all new fever cases in
these areas]
(vii) Cost of treating all confirmed Pf cases with ACT Mil. Rs. 143.8 142.8 307.6 221.3 163.2
(at Rs. 64.86 per case)
(viii) Number of confirmed P Vivax cases in areas
under new protocol 4.4 4.4 9.5 6.8 5.0
[Assumed to be two-thirds of all new fever cases
in these areas]
(ix) Cost of treating all confirmed P Vivax cases Mil. Rs. 11.1 11.0 23.7 17.0 12.6
(with chloroquine, at Rs. 2.5 per case)
(x) Total cost of treatment and testing in areas
under new protocol Mil. Rs. 240.0 238.4 513.3 369.3 272.4
[= (v) + (vii) + (ix) ]
154