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Table 4 Cost of preliminary sensitisation mission in 2013 and follow up operational missions in 2014 and 2015

From: Delivering ‘tiny targets’ in a remote region of southern Chad: a cost analysis of tsetse control in the Mandoul sleeping sickness focus

Item (percentage of total costs for 2014/2015 work)

2013

(USD)

2014/2015

(USD)

Specialised equipment (3.0%)

   Distribution of leaflets and posters

169

67

   Creation of radio broadcast in Arabic, French and Ngor

422

   Cost of broadcasting on local radio stations

379

127

Transport (34.2%)

   Vehicle hire

1475

1762

   Fuel

292

479

Staff (50.1%)

   Share of staff salaries

3238

1560

   Travel allowances

3794

1720

Local labour (1.2%)

   Supervisor

278

76

 Administrative support (10.7%)

982

688

Consumables and equipmentb (0.9%)

   Fuel for generator

71

61

Total

11,117

6551

Cost per km2 protected

13.2

7.8

  1. aPosters were only used in 2015
  2. bGPS were sets not used for sensitisation field work