Table 2 Start-up cost (preparation cost) for intervention development, materials development, production of materials, and training of trainers calculated using activity-based costing of an intervention to reduce the risk of Nipah virus infection conducted in two districts of Bangladesh in 2012–2013 and 2013–2014

Intervention development

 Staff cost—international experts

$131,000

 Staff cost—local experts

$36,050

Cost of creating the campaign and preparing materials for production

 Training manuals, TV public service announcements, posters, calendar, yearly planner, stickers, sweat shirts

$28,850

Materials pre-testing

 FGDs with local community. Materials were tested twice for the “no raw sap” intervention to get the Government approval. Materials were tested once for the “only safe sap” intervention

$1893

TV materials production^a

 6-min docudrama and 3-min TV public service announcement for the “only safe sap” intervention

$39,940

Last minute revision of the intervention materials

 3-min TV public service announcement for the “no raw sap” intervention, new poster, revised calendar and revised training manuals

$9000

Training of trainers

 International expert trained 7 local experts to train NGO staff

$3342

Field visit for districts and NGO selection

 Transportation

$5716

Total

$255,791

Total in Bangladeshi taka (BDT)

21,061,831