Economic data for the Afghan refugee malaria control programme in Pakistan 1990-1995

Data Description

Costing data for the overall programme and provider totals, provider totals for case management and vector control, household costs, sources of finance, and malaria incidence over a five-year period.

Data Collection Methods

Data were collected from provider records.

Geographic regions

Afghan refugee camps NWFP/KPK Pakistan.

Key dates

Data collected between 1990 and 1995 and reported in 1996.

Quality Controls

Quality checks by data provider are unknown.

Species:

Afghan refugee population

Privacy:

The dataset identifies specific organisations that participated in the programme. These organisation have given permission to be identified on condition that the dataset is used for academic research purposes only and the organisations are not named in publications or other outputs that arise from the use of this data.

No individual-level patient or household data are included - the dataset contains only aggregate data.

Ethics

Local ethics approval for operational research was provided by the UNHCR Pakistan office. Approval for retrospective data analysis was provided by the research ethics committee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (reference 5508).

Keywords

Malaria; Indoor Residual Spraying; Case Management; Costing Data

Language of written material

English

Project title

Cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria control in afghan refugee camps of north western frontier province of Pakistan

Funder/Sponsor

None stated

Grant Number

None stated

Data Creators

Forename

Surname

Faculty / Dept

Institution

Role

Natasha

Howard

Public Health & Policy / Global Health & Development

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Researcher/ Rights Holder/ Contact Person

Lorna

Guinness

Public Health & Policy / Global Health & Development

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Data Creator/Rights Holder

Mark

Rowland

Infectious & Tropical Diseases / Disease Control

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Supervisor/Rights Holder

Associated Roles

Forename

Surname

Faculty / Dept

Institution

Role

Naeem

Durrani

Health Works, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Data Collector

File Description

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Filename

Format

Description

Access status

Licence

Afghan_refugee_programme_cost_data.xlsx

Microsoft Excel Open XML Format

Spreadsheet containing 10 tables on MCP costing data for the Afghan refugee programme 1990-1995

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Afghan_refugee_programme_cost_data – Preservation copy

10 Tab-delimited text files

1 GIF89a image

Preservation copy of the 10 tables mentioned above, held in tab-delimited text format. Dynamic content (mathematical calculations in each cell) have been removed & replaced with the final values. In addition, a graph contained in the spreadsheet has been saved in GIF89a format.

  • Files include:
  • cost_per_kg.txt
  • outcomes.txt
  • outcomes.gif
  • patient.txt
  • Programme_total.txt
  • provider_d&t.txt
  • provider_D&T_by_sector.txt
  • provider_total.txt
  • provider_vc.txt
  • provider_vc_by_sector.txt
  • sources_of_finance.txt

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