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TL;DR
The study found that national programme delivery over five years would represent only 1.34% of the annual education budget in Cambodia and 1.29% in Ghana.
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The study found that national programme delivery over five years would represent only 1.34% of the annual education budget in Cambodia and 1.29% in Ghana.
This study estimated the incremental cost and budget impact of scaling up school-based vision screening programmes for refractive error correction among children in Cambodia and Ghana, using real-world cost data from the School Health Integrated Programming (SHIP) project. The total projected five-year budgets (2019–2023) were $11,375,046 for Cambodia and $26,755,707 for Ghana, representing 1.34% and 1.29% of current annual education budgets, respectively. Unit costs were higher in Ghana than Cambodia for most activities, likely due to differences in salary levels, per diem rates, and accommodation costs. The cost per child treated for refractive error was estimated at I$802 for Cambodia and I$726 for Ghana.