A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Official Development Assistance Project on Maternal and Child Health in Kwango, DR Congo

A project on maternal and child health (MCH) was conducted by the Korea International Cooperation Agency to reduce maternal and child mortality rates in Kwango, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The objective of this study was to evaluate the costs and benefits of the MCH project, which was under Official Development Assistance for a period of 3 years from 2014 to 2016. The study conducted a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) using a benefit-cost ratio (BCR). The costs were the total costs incurred in implementing the MCH project. The benefits of the MCH project were estimated as the monetary values of the reduction in maternal mortality rates and the mortality rates of infants and children aged under 5 years. The adjusted costs that converted the time value for 2016 were estimated as USD 1,969,532 as part of the CBA. The benefits of reduced maternal mortality and the mortality of infants and children aged under 5 years were estimated as USD 681,416, USD 4,332,376, and USD 1,710,184, respectively, in monetary terms. The total benefits were estimated as USD 6,723,976 and the BCR was calculated at 3.41. In addition, the benefits were estimated by the different economic assumptions through a sensitivity analysis. The MCH project was economically satisfied under the most conservative assumptions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 15(2018), 7 vom: 05. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shon, Changwoo [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Tae Ho [VerfasserIn]
Ndombi, Grace Ossak [VerfasserIn]
Nam, Eun Woo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)
Economic evaluation
Infant mortality
Journal Article
Maternal and child health
Maternal mortality
Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Under-five mortality

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Date Completed 28.02.2019

Date Revised 28.02.2019

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph15071420

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM286196972