Table 3 HIV CBS per client screened cost breakdown and key cost contributors (in 2022 US$)

Health care system cost

 Start up

  Capital cost

   Building and Spaces

$261.48

0.3%

$140.71

0.2%

$56.09

0.6%

$131.53

0.5%

   Equipment

    Furniture

$93.52

0.1%

$25.11

0.0%

$60.02

0.6%

$83.40

0.3%

    Hardware

$127.33

0.1%

$181.12

0.2%

$42.00

0.4%

$54.25

0.2%

    Vehicle

$34.63

0.0%

$8.41

0.0%

$23.19

0.2%

$32.36

0.1%

    Multimedia

$3.24

0.0%

$2.27

0.0%

$0.54

0.0%

$0.54

0.0%

   Storage equipment

$4.77

0.0%

$9.80

0.0%

$3.27

0.0%

$2.91

0.0%

   Total equipment cost

$263.49

0.3%

$226.71

0.3%

$129.02

1.3%

$173.47

0.6%

   Sensitization (coordination, socialization, technical assistance), guideline development and trainings activity

$1,426.33

1.6%

$6,810.63

7.6%

$400.06

4.0%

$5,534.78

20.1%

  Total capital costs

$1,951.31

2.2%

$7,178.05

8.0%

$585.17

5.8%

$5,839.79

21.2%

 Total start-up cost

$1,951.31

2.2%

$7,178.05

8.0%

$585.17

5.8%

$5,839.79

21.2%

 Implementation

  Capital cost

   Building and Spaces

$42.52

0.0%

$20.09

0.0%

$21.26

0.2%

$33.48

0.1%

   Supervision, monitoring, stakeholder meeting and internal coordination

$3,762.07

4.2%

$1,259.94

1.4%

$1,864.85

18.4%

$1,143.91

4.1%

 Total capital costs

$3,804.59

4.2%

$1,280.03

1.4%

$1,886.11

18.6%

$1,177.39

4.3%

  Recurrent cost

   Personel

    Salaries national level

$2,732.66

3.0%

$8,632.79

9.6%

$231.56

2.3%

$52.24

0.2%

    Salaries sub-national level

$188.46

0.2%

$313.01

0.3%

$136.90

1.4%

$356.56

1.3%

    Salaries of peer leaders

$44,702.24

49.7%

$32,266.68

36.0%

$1,882.27

18.6%

$13,404.88

48.6%

    Salaries local level: program management

$6,523.57

7.2%

$2,967.50

3.3%

$459.62

4.5%

$1,610.76

5.8%

   Total personnel cost

$54,146.94

60.2%

$44,179.97

49.3%

$2,710.34

26.8%

$15,424.44

55.9%

   Supplies

    Packing, handling and delivery

$658.35

0.7%

$1,158.72

1.3%

$144.36

1.4%

$486.30

1.8%

    Office running cost

$3,318.92

3.7%

$3,643.47

4.1%

$1,134.62

11.2%

$805.51

2.9%

    Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Storage Kit for Outreach Workder

$1,554.67

1.7%

$238.21

0.3%

$503.27

5.0%

$222.62

0.8%

    OFT test kits

$7,625.37

8.5%

$8,304.24

8.9%

$2,078.29

20.5%

$2,093.18

7.6%

    Social media campaign and hosting

$0.00

0.0%

$429.58

0.5%

$0.00

0.0%

$189.99

0.7%

   Total supplies cost

$13,157.32

14.6%

$13,774.22

14.8%

$3,860.54

38.1%

$3,797.60

13.8%

  Total recurrent cost

$67,304.25

74.8%

$57,954.20

62.4%

$6,570.88

64.9%

$19,222.04

69.6%

 Total implementation cost

$71,108.85

79.0%

$59,234.23

63.8%

$8,456.99

83.6%

$20,399.43

73.9%

Total health care system cost

$73,060.15

81.2%

$66,412.29

71.5%

$9,042.16

89.3%

$26,239.22

95.1%

Client cost

 Screening

    Direct non medical costs

$11,137.34

12.4%

$16,148.89

18.0%

$35.93

0.4%

$630.98

2.3%

    Indirect costs

$5,628.76

6.3%

$6,117.69

6.8%

$946.70

9.4%

$616.68

2.2%

 Confirmatory test

    Direct medical costs

$70.98

0.1%

$1,656.94

1.8%

$65.49

0.6%

$86.08

0.3%

    Direct non medical costs

$81.82

0.1%

$1,663.69

1.9%

$8.08

0.1%

$7.05

0.0%

    Indirect costs

$29.14

0.0%

$910.42

1.0%

$22.25

0.2%

$20.16

0.1%

Total Client Cost

$16,948.04

18.8%

$26,497.64

29.6%

$1,078.46

10.7%

$1,360.95

4.9%

Total HIV CBS Cost

$90,008.20

100.0%

$92,909.92

100.0%

$10,120.62

100.0%

$27,600.17

100.0%

Cost per HIVST distributed for screening (HIV CBS) (health care system perspective)

$80.02

$29.90

$31.51

$41.18

Cost per HIVST distributed for screening (HIV CBS( (client perspective)

$18.56

$11.07

$3.76

$2.14

Cost per HIVST distributed for screening (HIV CBS) (societal perspective)

$98.59

$40.37

$35.26

$43.31