Comparison of costs of HIV prevention for female sex workers in India
| Cost study | Cost per sex worker reached | Cost per sex worker treated | No of interventions | Scale | Nature of costs |
| Avahan | 53 (10 to 124) | 78.7 (10 to 292) | 107 | 37 to 6315 | Full economic costing, implementation and support levels; 1st 2 years* |
| 13 | 19.21 (10 to 51 | 62.5 (13.9 to 141.2) | 17 | 250 to 2008 | Full economic costing, implementation level; mature NGO projects |
| 10 | 31.65 (21.5 to 57.2) | 16.6 (5.1 to 55.7) | 14 | 1109 to 5721 | Full economic costing, implementation level, mature NGO projects |
| 12 | 56.5 | NA | 1 | 2342 | Full economic costing, implementation level; first 51 months of project |
| 26 | 13.66 (4.58 to 28.2) | NA | 15 | 803 to 6379 | Full economic costing, implementation level, mature NGO projects |
| NACO† | 34.2 to 50.88 | NA | NA | 400 to 1000 | Annual financial cost |
| 15 | 31.02 | NA | NA | 1000 | Annual financial cost |
↵* Lead implementing partner costs excluded, 3% discount rate.
↵† National AIDS Control Organisation's Revised Costing Guidelines for Targeted Interventions working with HRGs under NACPIII. 2009. http://www.nacoonline.org/Divisions/Finance_Division/Revised_costing_guidelines_for_Targeted_Interventions_working_with_HRGs_under_NACP-III/
NGO, non-governmental organisation.