Costing tools for malaria commodities and interventions in emergency settings

Overview

This suite of 7 Excel-based costing tools designed to support emergency planners, humanitarian responders, and health programme managers in accurately estimating the costs of malaria-specific interventions. To be used in coordination with the second edition of the WHO field manual on malaria control in emergencies, these tools are intended to ensure that essential commodities and services are quantified, procured and delivered in a timely and efficient manner to populations affected by crises. Each spreadsheet is embedded with formulas to allow for quick calculations and can be customized to align with the specific context, scale and strategic priorities of an emergency response.

The tools cover the following key intervention areas:

• General treatment costing for emergencies. Estimates the cost of antimalarial medicines (e.g., ACTs, injectable artesunate) based on treatment protocols and projected case numbers.
• General diagnosis costing for emergencies. Supports planning for malaria diagnostics, including RDTs and microscopy, with cost breakdowns by diagnostic strategy.
• Mass drug administration (MDA) programmatic costing. Assists in budgeting for MDA campaigns, factoring in drug needs, operational logistics and coverage targets.
• Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) programmatic costing. Provides cost estimates for delivering SMC interventions, including commodities, delivery mechanisms and community engagement.
• Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) costing for emergencies. Helps quantify resources required to deliver IPTp through antenatal care services during emergencies.
• General insecticide-treated net (ITN) costing for emergencies. Estimates the costs of procuring and distributing ITNs, including transport, storage and campaign-related activities.
• General indoor residual spraying (IRS) costing for emergencies. Supports budgeting for IRS operations, including insecticide procurement, spray team deployment, training and equipment.

These costing templates are ideal for use in emergency preparedness planning, humanitarian response proposals, supply chain assessments, and coordination meetings. By applying these tools, users can prioritize high-impact malaria interventions and ensure resource allocation is responsive to the unique demands of emergency-affected settings.