Leverage Factor

Consider an all out program to reach their goal of providing bed nets throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

We will also consider non-Nothing But Nets bed net packages to see if they produce similar results.

Project Cost Real world outcome Outcome estimates Economic value in Western terms Leverage Factor
Bed nets for sub-Saharan Africa $400m-800m/year prevent 22m DALY/year $5-10/net lasts 4 years [1][2]; guess provides protection for 3 people; guess 80% effective; sub-Saharan Africa population 910m in 2015 UNDP HDR 2007/2008; guess sub-Saharan Africa has 90% of malaria burden; malaria results in 31m DALY/yr (WHO Global Burden of Disease 2015) $2.0t/year 2,500 - 5,000
Insecticide treated nets (Priorities in Healthcare, The World Bank, 2006, pp. 75) $11-17/DALY 1 DALY saved - $90k 5,000 - 8,000
Insecticide treated nets (Disease Control Priorities Project) $5-31/DALY 1 DALY saved Sub-Saharan Africa; DCP2 browser reports the cost effectiveness of intervention) at $5-17, while the DCP2 report pg. 424 shows $5-31 as the 90% intervals $90k 3,000 - 20,000

Leverage Factor

2,500 - 20,000