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Table 3 Cost per cost center

From: Protecting child health and nutrition status with ready-to-use food in addition to food assistance in urban Chad: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Inputs allocated per cost center

Costs (€)

% of FA or RUSF costs†

% of Total costs

Food Assistance (FA)

   

Institutional costs:

   

  Personnel

90,017

  

  Expatriate Technical Staff

56,055

7.19

5.55

  Local Technical Staff

33,961

4.35

3.37

  Program costs

525,622

  

  Staple rations

498,029

63.84

49.35

  Distribution materials

24,459

3.14

2.42

  Food for Training activities

2,492

0.32

0.25

  Sensitization

642

0.08

0.06

  Logistics

9,128

  

  Ration transport ǂ

4,628

0.59

0.46

  Ration storage

4,500

0.58

0.45

  Support costs* allocated

109,837

14.08

10.88

Subtotal institutional (% FA total)

734,604

94.2%

 

Community contributions:

   

  Beneficiary time & transportation

32,876

4.21

3.26

  Value of loaned sites for distribution days

10,260

1.32

1.02

  Leaders’ time in beneficiary selection

2,349

0.30

0.23

Subtotal community (% FA total)

45,485

5.8%

 

Total cost of FA (% total)

780,089 €

100%

77%

+ RUSF component

   

Institutional costs:

   

  Personnel

84,821

  

  Expatriate Technical Staff

62,956

27.49

6.24

  Local Technical Staff

21,865

9.55

2.17

  Program costs

61,551

  

  Incentives for caregivers¥

19,909

8.69

1.97

  Medical & anthropometric equipment Ω

15,283

6.67

1.51

  RUSF

7,483

3.27

0.74

  Surveys

7,376

3.22

0.73

  Other assorted supplies

7,276

3.18

0.72

  Sensitization

2,179

0.95

0.22

  Daily laborers for distributions

1,366

0.60

0.14

  Training

679

0.30

0.07

  Logistics

22,636

  

  RUSF transport ǂ

   

    International air transport

15,915

6.95

1.58

    Local vehicle transport

5,067

2.21

0.50

  RUSF storage ǂ

1,655

0.72

0.16

  Support costs* allocated

59,671

26.06

5.91

Subtotal institutional (% RUSF total)

228,679

99.9%

 

Community contributions:

   

  Beneficiary time & transportation (additional)

338

0.15

0.03

Subtotal community (% RUSF total)

338

0.1%

 

Incremental cost of RUSF component (% total)

229,017 €

100%

23%

Total costs (FA + RUSF)

1,009,106 €

 

100%

  Institutional costs

963,283

 

95%

  Community contributions

45,822

 

5%

  1. Costs and percentages may not match added totals due to rounding.
  2. FA: Food Assistance; RUSF: Ready-to-use Supplementary Food.
  3. †This column indicates the proportion of costs for either the FA or RUSF program component; proportion of total program costs (FA + RUSF) is indicated in the last column.
  4. ¥ These were items given to caregivers, including mosquito nets and laundry soap, to encourage them to attend distributions.
  5. Ω These include minimal costs incurred for mebendazole, iron and folic acid tablets used in managing cases of moderate anemia.
  6. Ç‚ These costs included related staff such as personnel, guards, and daily workers to unload rations (in the case of FA).
  7. * Support costs include costs for management and other program support services which are shared among program activities, including inputs such as personnel, logistics costs such as vehicles and communications, local office running costs, and supplies such as stationery. These costs were allocated to each program component using an activity-based costing methodology.
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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

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