Table 2

Average human resource and consumable costs per treated and covered child for each major activity in US dollars

.	Activities	Average costs per week per treated child		Children treated (n)	Average costs per week per covered child		Children covered (n)
.	Activities	Research	Government programme	Children treated (n)	Research	Government programme	Children covered (n)
1	Survey and identification	51.6	3.8	371	0.387	0.029	48 634
2	Screening and enrolment	10.4	2.9	371	0.079	0.023	48 634
3	Management through cointervention and counselling at time of enrolment	1.9	1.4	371	0.015	0.010	48 634
	Management of regimens during first week of enrolment
4	RUTF-C	2.1	0.9	124	0.005	0.002	48 634
5	RUTF-L	2.9	1.2	124	0.007	0.003	48 634
6	A-HPF	3.3	1.5	123	0.008	0.004	48 634
	Per week costs for weeks 2–16 (treatment phase)
7	Diagnosis and treatment for mild illnesses for children with SAM during treatment phase	4.1	2.6	371	0.031	0.020	48 634
8	Weekly follow-up of child on RUTF-C	3.0	0.6	124	0.016	0.002	48 634
9	Weekly follow-up of child on RUTF-L	3.9	0.9	124	0.018	0.003	48 634
10	Weekly follow-up of child on A-HPF	3.5	1.1	123	0.017	0.004	48 634

A-HPF, augmented, energy-dense, home-prepared food; RUTF-C, centrally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food; RUTF-L, locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food; SAM, severe acute malnutrition.