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Return on Prevention - Cost-benefit analysis of prevention measures

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Product description

This study evidences how the benefits of implementing a travel health prevention strategy significantly outweigh the operating costs. Two specific programmes have been analysed: • A medical-check for travellers and international assignees aimed at identifying pre-existing medical issues before assigning employees to a foreign country, ensuring that employees are fit-to-work for the proposed assignment, work conditions and identifying general and work-related health problems before expatriation. • A malaria prevention programme aimed at employees travelling and working in malaria-risk regions. Employees are given information before departure; receive prophylaxis medication and other technical protection means such as mosquito-nets, insecticide sprays and repellents as well as a malaria curative kit. The cost-benefit analysis showed that US$ 1 invested in the medical check programme, returns a benefit ranging from US$ 1,6 (minimum scenario) to US$ 2,53 (maximum scenario) (as detailed in section 7.4.2). The malaria prevention programme reduced the occurrence of fatal cases by 70%. The benefits also outweigh the costs in the case of this programme: For each US$ 1 invested, the payback was estimated at US$ 1,34 (as detailed in section 7.4.3).

Aims and objectives

This award-winning research shows the return on investment for travel health checks and malaria programmes. This study evidences how the benefits of implementing a travel health prevention strategy significantly outweigh the operating costs.

Organisations, e.g. Multinational corporations, governments and NGOs, with a mobile workforce working remotely or overseas.

Awards

In 2015, the International SOS Foundation and Prevent were recognised by the Forum of Expatriate Management with an EMMA award for 'Best Thought Leadership' for their study, Return on Prevention: Benefit-cost analysis of prevention measures for business tr

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International SOS Foundation
566 Chiswick High RoadBuilding 4 - Building 4, Chiswick Park , United Kingdom-W4 5YA London
www.internationalsosfoundation.org

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Energy Design Studio
Stoke Newington RoadStudio 49 - Studio 49, 1-2 Courthouse Lane , United Kingdom-N16 7YA London
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