Who deworming cost per child albendazole?

Do you want the price of the drug itself, or the total cost to run a deworming program per child? Costs vary by country and program.

Here’s a general picture:

- Who pays
- Many national programs are funded by governments plus international donors (e.g., UNICEF, USAID, Gates Foundation) and NGOs.
- The albendazole tablet is often donated through WHO-supported programs (in many places) by the manufacturer (historically GlaxoSmithKline) for helminth control.

- Cost of the medicine
- If the tablet is donated, the drug cost to the program is basically zero.
- If purchased, a 400 mg albendazole tablet costs only a few cents in bulk (roughly a couple of U.S. cents per tablet).

- Total cost per child per year
- Drug plus delivery: typically a few cents to a little over a dollar per child per year for the medicine, plus costs for delivery, supervision, logistics, and social mobilization.
- In many school-based MDA programs, the total cost per child per year is often reported in the ballpark of about 0.20–2.00 USD, depending on country, number of doses per year (some programs treat once a year, some biannually), and how efficiently the program is run.

If you share your country or program details (and whether the tablets are donated or purchased), I can give a more precise estimate.