Table 5 Unit costs of complementary feeding programs (2022, USD)

Program costs (from Table 1)

Total program costs (USD)

$ 10, 499,465

$ 7,198,020

$ 3,929,704

Annual program costs (USD)

$ 2,233,929

$ 1,799,505

$ 958,464

Participants reached in program areas annually

Mothers and children reached by at least one intervention (Table 2)

2,493,734

1,125,000

1,027,756

Total number of participants (mothers, children, influentials) (Table 3)

4,132,306

1,850,813

1,815,874

Number of children benefited in program areas annually (from Table 4)

Children with improved CF practices (Minimum Acceptable Diets)

352,149

51,809

30,536

Unit costs per participant reached and child benefited (USD annual)

Cost per mother and child reached

$ 0.90

$ 1.60

$ 0.93

Cost per all participants reached

$ 0.54

$ 0.97

$ 0.53

Cost per child with improved CF practices

$ 6.34

$ 34.73

$ 31.39