Feasibility and challenges in sustaining a community based surveillance system in post-Ebola Sierra Leone

Table 3 Estimated cost per suspected case from CBS in Koinadugu, Pujehun and Tonkolili

	Budget impact (annual costs 2018 US$)	Suspected cases detected (2018)		Cost per suspected case detected (US$ 2018)
Koinadugu	213,409	Maternal death	1	213,409
		Diarrhea*	884	241
		Measles	2	106,705
Pujehun	392,726	Maternal death	0	n.a
		Diarrhea*	359	1,094
		Measles	1	392,726
Tonkolili	365,631	Maternal death	n.a.**	n.a
		Diarrhea*	n.a	n.a
		Measles	n.a	n.a

*Acute watery diarrhea for CBS, diarrhea with severe dehydration under 5 years for eIDSR
**CBS was not officially introduced in Tonkolili, but health workers reported CBS related activities during costing study. However, no suspected cases were reported in DHIS2 for Tonkolili

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