Table 4 Start-up cost to prepare a Nipah prevention intervention covering 30 Nipah-affected districts with at least one Nipah spillover, Bangladesh
Activities | Person | Person-days | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|---|
Developing intervention design | NiV and research and intervention expert (international) | 10 | $10,000 |
Contribute to intervention design and provide logistical support from the Government | NiV expert and intervention coordinator (from government) | 10 | Government contribution |
Revising the intervention | Behavior change communication experts | 20 | $20,000 |
To write protocol and review NGO proposals | Assistant scientist | 44 | $4689 |
To identify and communicate with NGO and TV channel operators | Research officera | 154 | $6303 |
Field transportationb | 140 | $3401 | |
Revising the intervention materials (poster, calendar, PSA, training guide) | Revision of the intervention materials (if needed) | $15,000 | |
Cost of phone communication | (Communicating local NGO, local TV channels) | $448 | |
Total | $59,841 | ||
Total in Bangladeshi taka (BDT) | 4,927,308 |