Department of Urban Society, The Seoul Institute, 57 Nambusunhwan-ro, 340-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06756, Korea.
Yonsei Global Health Center, Yonsei University, Wonju, Gangwon-do 26493, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 Jul 5;15(7):1420. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071420.
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.
韩国国际协力团（KOICA）开展了一个母婴健康项目，旨在降低刚果民主共和国（DRC）夸格省的母婴死亡率。本研究旨在评估母婴健康项目的成本效益，该项目在 2014 年至 2016 年期间获得官方发展援助，为期 3 年。该研究使用效益成本比（BCR）进行成本效益分析（CBA）。成本是实施母婴健康项目所产生的总成本。母婴健康项目的效益估计为降低孕产妇死亡率和 5 岁以下儿童死亡率的货币价值。作为 CBA 的一部分，估计了将 2016 年时间价值转换后的调整成本为 1969532 美元。降低孕产妇死亡率和 5 岁以下儿童死亡率的效益分别以货币形式估计为 681416 美元、4332376 美元和 1710184 美元。总效益估计为 6723976 美元，BCR 为 3.41。此外，通过敏感性分析，根据不同的经济假设对效益进行了估计。在最保守的假设下，母婴健康项目在经济上是可行的。
