Use of over-the-counter malaria medicines in children and adults in three districts in Kenya: implications for private medicine retailer interventions
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* Corresponding author: Vicki Marsh vmarsh@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org
Malaria Journal 2007, 6:57 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-57
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Edith Patouillard, Kara G Hanson, Catherine A Goodman Malaria Journal 2010, 9:50 (11 February 2010) A valuable and timely analysis of all the existing literature on the topic: with the advent of AMFm, it addresses the very important issue of private supply chain for anti-malarials.There needs to be nationally representative work done on this topic and more research into pricing determinants.
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Jane Chuma, Timothy Abuya, Dorothy Memusi, Elizabeth Juma, Willis Akhwale, Janet Ntwiga, Andrew Nyandigisi, Gladys Tetteh, Rima Shretta, Abdinasir Amin Malaria Journal 2009, 8:243 (28 October 2009) This review on access to malaria treatment in Kenya is particularly interesting in the light of the wealth of studies that have been carried out on related topics in Kenya.
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Elizeus Rutebemberwa, George Pariyo, Stefan Peterson, Goran Tomson, Karin Kallander Malaria Journal 2009, 8:45 (14 March 2009) This paper deals with a very relevant topic: how to improve access to health care. The authors provide a good insight for reasons why caretakers may still prefer to take their children to the private sector despite having to pay a fee as oppose to the Governmental hospitals.
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Malaria treatment-seeking behaviour and recovery from malaria in a highland area of Kenya Peter O Sumba, S Lindsey Wong, Hemal K Kanzaria, Kelsey A Johnson, Chandy C John Malaria Journal 2008, 7:245 (26 November 2008) A descriptive study of malaria treatment-seeking in a highland community. A significant proportion of the population chooses local shops for initial malaria treatment and receives inappropriate medication, resulting in delay of effective treatment. Shopkeeper education has the potential to be a component of prevention or containment strategies for malaria epidemics in highland areas.
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Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi, Edmund N Browne, Bertha Garshong, Fred Bateganya, Bidemi Yusuf, Peter Agyei-Baffour, Leticia Doamekpor, Andrew Balyeku, Kaendi Munguti, Simon Cousens, Franco Pagnoni Malaria Journal 2008, 7:6 (8 January 2008) The HMM strategy was developed using chloroquine, a drug, which has now been replaced by artemisinin-based combination therapy in health facility settings. Incorporation of ACT in HMM would greatly expand access to effective antimalarial therapy by populations living in underserved areas in malaria endemic countries. The study concludes that ACTs can be successfully integrated into the HMM strategy.
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The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya Emelda A Okiro, Simon I Hay, Priscilla W Gikandi, Shahnaaz K Sharif, Abdisalan M Noor, Norbert Peshu, Kevin Marsh, Robert W Snow Malaria Journal 2007, 6:151 (15 November 2007) The paper describes presents an interesting description of data that attempt to show a correlation between declining pediatric malaria admissions in three districts in coastal Kenya and increased measures for the prevention of malaria
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