Table 5 Cost per DALY averted associated with low-cost high-priority interventions recommended for South Asia
Low-cost high-priority interventions recommended for South Asia | Mean cost per DALY averted (USD) |
|---|---|
Childhood immunization | $8.00 [47] |
 Additional coverage of traditional Expanded Program on Immunization | |
Full course calcium supplementation (82.2%) with 67.3% compliance in addition to MgSO 4 (68.9%) in Nepal | $25.33 |
HIV/AIDS | $9–126 [47] |
 Voluntary counseling and testing | |
 Peer-based programs targeting at-risk groups | |
 School-based interventions that disseminate information to students | |
 Prevention of mother-to-child-transmission with antiretroviral therapy | |
Surgical services and emergency care | $6–212 [47] |
 Surgical ward in a district hospital | |
 Staffed community ambulance | |
 Training of lay first responders and volunteer paramedics | |
Tuberculosis | $8–263 [47] |
 Childhood vaccination against endemic TB | |
 Directly observed short-course chemotherapy | |
 Isoniazid treatment of epidemic TB | |
 Management of drug resistance | |
Using MgSO4 prophylaxis for only severe cases of pre-eclampsia in low GNI countries | $263.00 [30] |
Maternal and neonatal care | $127–394 [47] |
 Increased primary care coverage | |
 Improved quality of comprehensive emergency obstetric care | |
 Improved overall quality and coverage of care | |
 Neonatal packages targeted to families, communities, and clinics | |
Incremental cost of preventing one case of eclampsia using MgSO4 in low GNI countries | $456.00 [30] |