Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Cost-effectiveness of malaria intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) in Mozambique and the United Republic of Tanzania

Guy Hutton, David Schellenberg, Fabrizio Tediosi, Eusebio Macete, Elizeus Kahigwa, Betuel Sigauque, Xavier Mas, Marta Trapero, Marcel Tanner, Antoni Trilla, Pedro Alonso & Clara Menendez

Volume 87, Number 2, February 2009, 123-129

Table 4. Distribution of probability parameters in probabilistic sensitivity analysis from study of malaria IPTi, Mozambique (Manhiça) and the United Republic of Tanzania (Ifakara), 2006

Probability input variable Type of probability distribution Low estimate Best estimate High estimate Source
IPTi efficacy
Manhiça Triangular 0.039 0.22 0.370 16
Ifakara Triangular 0.442 0.632 0.746 18
Pooled Triangular 0.197 0.300 0.390 34
Case fatality rate Triangular 0.010 0.0157 0.030 36,37
Malaria attack rate
Manhiça Triangular 0.202 0.400 0.599 16
Ifakara Triangular 0.182 0.353 0.528 18
Intervention costs per dose of SP (US$)
Manhiça Triangular 0.1065 0.1522 0.1979 44
Ifakara Triangular 0.0898 0.1283 0.1668 44

ITPi, intermittent preventive treatment in infants; SP, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.