Cost analysis series 5 : school net program : round 5 (SNP5) in Tanzania

To date, five rounds of the SNP program have been conducted. A costing exercise was conducted during the third round and additional cost-cutting measures were introduced in the fourth and fifth rounds. The purpose of this report is to summarize the costs of the fifth round of the school net program (SNP5). Results showed that the fifth round of the school net program was able to deliver 3,041,139 ITNs to schools in 14 regions at an economic cost of USD $3.63 per net distributed in 2017. Of these costs, approximately USD $1.57 was for distribution and the remainder related to the cost of the net itself. These costs, as well as the cost per treated net year (TNY) and cost per person year of protection (PYP) provided, were substantially lower than those paid for the third round of Tanzania’s School Net Program (SNP3) (USD $5.83 per net, for distribution alone) when inflated to 2017 USD. This is largely due to costcutting measures introduced at the national and local levels. International donors invested heavily in SNP5, distributing nets at an economic cost (excluding the cost of the net) of USD $1.31 per net in addition to fully funding ITN procurement, which translates into an estimated economic cost per PYP of USD $0.56. However, there was a small contribution from the Tanzanian government as well; it contributed about 9% of the economic costs of distribution in SNP5 compared to 31% in SNP3. , While the share of total costs contributed by the Tanzanian government compared to that of international donors has decreased since SNP3, it does not necessarily indicate that there has been a decreased sense of government control and ownership of the program since SNP3. The majority of cost-cutting measures that have since been introduced, have led to changes in program operations at the local levels, and thus large reductions in the costs incurred by the government at these levels.