Process evaluation of Samoa’s national salt reduction strategy (MASIMA): what interventions can be successfully replicated in lower-income countries?

Table 6 Intervention costs (Samoan Tala) from a government perspective

Intervention component	Total costs		Personnel costs		Other costs (print material, travel, venue, etc)
Intervention component	WST	%	WST	%	WST	%
Research officers across all intervention components	105,439	39	105,439	65	0	0
Awareness campaigns	94,665	35	28,681	18	65,985	61
WSAW 2015	71,127		23,593		47,534
WSAW 2014	11,700		143		11,558
Health promotion officers	3760		3760		0
Other (TV, booths, materials)	8078		1185		6893
Community engagement and mobilization	56,728	21	23,297	14	33,431	31
Village women representatives meeting	19,317		11,597		7719
Other community engagement activities	22,630		11,700		10,930
IEC materials and other	14,782		0		14,782
Salt-related regulations	2425	1	0	0	2425	2
School nutrition standards	5513	2	5,76	3	437	0.4
Engagement with food industry	6941	2	665	0.4	6277	6
Total	271,711	100	163,157	100	108,554	100

WST Samoan Tala, % percentage, WSAW World Salt Awareness Week, IEC Information, Education and Communication materials

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