The R.E.M.I.T. Shopping List
This is a guide for expenditure associated with this project.
Amongst the top ten diseases in Arusha, Malaria is number one and is the cause of 30% immobility - absence from work, school etc. Local doctors say more people die of Malaria than AIDS.
Question: |
Cost/Answer: |
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| Cost of one Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) | £2.50 |
| 40 ITN's | £100 |
| 100 ITN's | £250 |
| 400 ITN's | £1,000 |
| Estimate for one hospital / institution | £1,000 |
| 4000 ITN's | £10,000 |
| How often does a net need retreating | Every 8 / 9 months |
| Cost to retreat an ITN for 10 years | £7.50 |
| Cost to retreat 20 nets for 5 years | £75 |
| Where are the nets being made and purchased | In Arusha, Tanzania |
| Who will distribute them | Rotarians & Rotaractors of the Arusha Rotary Club |
| To finance the labour element of fixing nets in hospital wards | £10 per week including materials |
| Gambosa or Dagaa fish in water tanks / ponds | £100 to stock pond & care |
| Cost of one Hemacue machine - to check for Malaria | £300 |
| Cost of 100 cuvettes for Hemacue testing | £50 |
| One Hemacue test cost | £1 |
| Capitol cost for setting up a symposium in Africa for 50 entomologists, including cost of experts for 2 weeks in Arusha | £20,000 |
| Mosquito cages, basins fro larvae and magnifying glasses | £200 |
| Training day with food to create community sensitivity. Maji ya Chai has 17 wards invite 100 from each ward. Seminar lasts for 7 to 8 hours includes transport and stationery | £600 |
| Three day training session in Africa for 100 workers | £800 |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to aid research | £10,000 |
| Laboratory equipment to establish a mobile centre | £3,000 |
| One months salary for anti-malaria worker | £40 |
| Cost of bicycle and spares to aid health workers visiting villages | £30 |
| Employment of street youth team for one month to clear suspect malarial sites under supervision | £50 |