Table 2

Products stocked by drug stores and general shops in the study area in 2004
(a) Drug stores
 Number of drug stores with product in stock (percentage)
Location
 SP
 AQ
 QU
 ART
 Other
 INJ
 Any AM
 Any AP
Ulanga DSS (N = 3)
 3
 (100)
 3
 (100)
 3
 (100)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 3
 (100)
 3
 (100)
 3
 (100)
Kilombero DSS (N = 16)
 14
 (88)
 15
 (94)
 11
 (69)
 0
 (0)
 1*
 (6)
 10
 (63)
 16
 (100)
 16
 (100)
Total DSS villages (N = 19)
 17
 (89)
 18
 (95)
 14
 (74)
 0
 (0)
 1
 (5)
 13
 (68)
 19
 (100)
 19
 (100)
Ifakara (N = 10)
 10
 (100)
 10
 (100)
 8
 (80)
 2
 (20)
 1**
 (10)
 3
 (30)
 10
 (100)
 10
 (100)
Total (N = 29)
 27
 (93)
 28
 (97)
 22
 (76)
 2
 (7)
 2
 (7)
 16
 (55)
 29
 (100)
 29
 (100)
(b) General shops
 Number of general shops with product in stock (percentage)
Location
 SP
 AQ
 QU
 ART
 Other
 INJ
 Any AM
 Any AP
Ulanga DSS (N = 127)
 5
 (4)
 5
 (4)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 10
 (8)
 125
 (98)
Kilombero DSS (N = 191)
 5
 (3)
 10
 (5)
 3
 (2)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 1
 (1)
 14
 (7)
 188
 (98)
Total DSS villages (N = 318)
 10
 (3)
 15
 (5)
 3
 (1)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 1
 (0)
 24
 (8)
 313
 (98)
Ifakara (N = 142)
 0
 (0)
 5
 (4)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 5
 (4)
 141
 (99)
Total (N = 460)
 10
 (2)
 20
 (4)
 3
 (1)
 0
 (0)
 0
 (0)
 1
 (0)
 29
 (6)
 454
 (99)

SP = Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine or sulphalene-pyrimethamine; AQ = Amodiaquine; QU = Quinine; ART = Artesunate; CQ = Chloroquine; INJ = Antimalarialinjection; AM = Antimalarial; AP = Antipyretics/analgesics. *Chloroquine; **Includes mefloquine and dihydroartemisinin tablets

Hetzel et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:109   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-109