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Table 7 Comparisons of estimated annual costs of electronic surveillance with National Malaria Program

From: Costing electronic private sector malaria surveillance in the Greater Mekong Subregion

 

Economic cost of electronic surveillance

Estimated annual costs national malaria strategic plan

Estimated cost of surveillance in NMSP

% Electronic surveillance to annual program budget

% Electronic surveillance to estimated surveillance budget

Cambodia

$263,224 (14 out of 25 provinces)

$50,354,592

N/A

0.5

N/A

Lao PDR

$152,805 (5 out of 17 provinces)

$14,557,696

$2,260,000

1.0

6.8%

Myanmar

$1,310,912 (entire country)

$92,600,000

$6,400,000

1.5

20.5%

  1. It should be noted that Myanmar used a different model of electronic surveillance (tablets with monthly reporting by NGO workers) than in Cambodia and Lao PDR where smartphones were used