Total and average unit costs of the community-led HIV self-testing (HIVST) intervention and standard of care (SOC)
| Community-led HIVST intervention | SOC | |||
| Costs | Col. % | Costs | Col. % | |
| Start-up costs | $14 308 | 10.3 | ||
| Training | $3843 | 2.8 | – | – |
| Sensitisation | $891 | 0.6 | – | – |
| Start-up other | $9573 | 6.9 | – | – |
| Capital costs | $13 023 | 9.4 | $7887 | 3.0 |
| Building and storage | $4907 | 3.5 | $2154 | 0.8 |
| Equipment | $778 | 0.6 | $1722 | 0.7 |
| Vehicles | $7338 | 5.3 | $4012 | 1.5 |
| Recurrent costs | $111 293 | 80.3 | $255 513 | 97.0 |
| Personnel and per diems | $35 111 | 25.3 | $126 805 | 48.1 |
| Supplies | $1931 | 1.4 | $61 803 | 23.5 |
| Test kits | $63 830 | 46.0 | $64 802 | 24.6 |
| Vehicle operation, maintenance and transportation | $5807 | 4.2 | $43 | 0.0 |
| Building operation and maintenance | $502 | 0.4 | $689 | 0.3 |
| Recurrent training | – | – | $1081 | 0.4 |
| Waste management | – | – | $290 | 0.1 |
| Other recurrent | $4113 | 3.0 | – | – |
| Total costs | $138 624 | $263 400 | ||
| Number of HIVST kits distributed | 24 316 | NA | ||
| Number of persons tested* | 24 219 | 57 695 | ||
| Mean cost per HIVST kit distributed | $5.70 | NA | ||
| Mean cost per person tested | $5.73 | $4.57 | ||
Costs in 2018 US$. Costs were collected from September 2018 to January 2019 for the community-led HIVST intervention and from January 2018 to December 2018 for the SOC.
*Number of persons tested for community-led HIVST was estimated based on the number of HIVST kits distributed and self-reported usage of HIVST kits from the postintervention survey (99.6%, 3128/3142).
HTS, HIV testing services; NA, not applicable.;