We have written before about how Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative strives not only to be a low-cost program, but also a cost-effective program—one that ensures that the impacts…
There is a difference between a low-cost program and a cost-effective program. Implementing a low-cost program is not sufficient - we want to ensure that the impacts of the program are measurable and that the benefits outweigh the costs - this is what makes a program truly cost-effective. Putting these two parts of the equation - costs and benefits - together, we can estimate the value for money of our program.
Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative analyzes the cost per child treated in the geographies where we work to provide information on the real costs of deworming. Understanding how the costs per child change with scale and over time is vital for implementation purposes and as the global community and policymakers work to secure adequate resources for national deworming programs.