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Percent of outlets having various anti-malarial drugs in stock, by programme status and type of outlet |
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| Drugs in stock |
Informed outlets |
Control outlets |
All outlets |
Signif* |
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| Shops/Kiosks (n = 187) |
CQ |
22.1 |
42.0 |
34.8 |
.006 |
| Informed = 68 |
SP |
47.1 |
6.7 |
21.4 |
.000 |
| Control = 119 |
AQ |
76.5 |
79.0 |
78.1 |
.689 |
| Pharmacies (n = 46) |
CQ |
70.4 |
63.2 |
67.4 |
.607 |
| Informed = 27 |
SP |
92.6 |
94.7 |
.93.5 |
.772 |
| Control = 19 |
AQ |
92.6 |
94.7 |
93.5 |
.772 |
| Private clinics (n = 19) |
CQ |
0.0 |
53.8 |
36.8 |
.024 |
| Informed = 6 |
SP |
100.0 |
69.2 |
78.9 |
.126 |
| Control = 13 |
AQ |
83.3 |
69.2 |
73.7 |
.516 |
| All outlets (n = 252) |
CQ |
33.7 |
45.7 |
40.9 |
.057 |
| Informed = 101 |
SP |
62.4 |
23.2 |
38.9 |
.000 |
| Control = 151 |
AQ |
81.2 |
80.1 |
80.6 |
.836 |
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Notes: CQ = chloroquine (to be sold by prescription only); SP = sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (first-line drug); AQ = amodiaquine (second-line drug); *From Pearson chi-square. | |||||
Tavrow et al. Malaria Journal 2003 2:10 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-2-10 |
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