This article is part of the supplement: Towards a research agenda for global malaria elimination
Deployment of ACT antimalarials for treatment of malaria: challenges and opportunities
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* Corresponding author: Christopher JM Whitty christopher.whitty@lshtm.ac.uk
Malaria Journal 2008, 7(Suppl 1):S7 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-S1-S7
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Jessica L Cohen, Elif Yavuz, Alexandra Morris, Jean Arkedis, Oliver Sabot Malaria Journal 2012, 11:83 (23 March 2012) The paper provides useful information on a very relevant topic, i.e. the adherence to the correct treatment schedule that can be achieved in the private sector - an indication of the quality of anti-malarial treatment in that sector, a sector currently in great expansion.
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The magnitude and trend of artemether-lumefantrine stock-outs at public health facilities in Kenya Raymond K Sudoi, Sophie Githinji, Andrew Nyandigisi, Alex Muturi, Robert W Snow, Dejan Zurovac Malaria Journal 2012, 11:37 (8 February 2012) A paper which helps to understand how supply is organized from central to peripheral level, and how this might affect the supply of peripheral units.
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Charles O Obonyo, Elizabeth A Juma Malaria Journal 2012, 11:2 (4 January 2012) The evidence on the efficacy of clindamycin plus quinine as an alternative treatment for uncomplicated malaria is inconclusive. Adequately powered trials are urgently required to compare this combination with artemisinin-based combinations.
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Vincent Batwala, Pascal Magnussen, Fred Nuwaha Malaria Journal 2011, 10:373 (19 December 2011) In Uganda, parasite-based diagnosis is recommended for every patient suspected to have malaria before prescribing anti-malarials. The study showed that it was more feasible to implement parasite-based diagnosis for malaria using RDT than with microscopy, but a high proportion of patients with negative results were still prescribed anti-malarials.
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Costs and cost-effectiveness of malaria control interventions - a systematic review Michael T White, Lesong Conteh, Richard Cibulskis, Azra C Ghani Malaria Journal 2011, 10:337 (3 November 2011) This paper covers a systematic review on the costs and cost-effectiveness of malaria control interventions. The interventions covered include insecticide-treated bed nets Indoor residual spraying and Intermittent preventative treatment, diagnostic testing and appropriate treatment.
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Taking stock: provider prescribing practices in the presence and absence of ACT stock Bernadette Hensen, Lucy Paintain, Rima Shretta, Jane Bruce, Caroline Jones, Jayne Webster Malaria Journal 2011, 10:218 (3 August 2011) An important paper in its field addressing relation between anti-malarial prescribing behaviour and ACT stock-out on six studies where some data on this topic are available. The paper concludes that stock outs influence behaviour and rightly call for revival of facility-based quality of care surveys, an activity largely forgotten within most of the control programmes.
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Persistent transmission of malaria in Garo hills of Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh, north-east India Vas Dev, Barlind M Sangma, Aditya P Dash Malaria Journal 2010, 9:263 (22 September 2010) monthly records of malaria and death cases, associated to meteorological data. This study provides a well-documented situation of malaria in this sensitive region of India located near the Bangladesh border.
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Sandra Alba, Manuel W Hetzel, Catherine Goodman, Angel Dillip, Jafari Liana, Hassan Mshinda, Christian Lengeler Malaria Journal 2010, 9:164 (15 June 2010) The public health and private retail sector are important complementary sources of treatment in rural Tanzania. Ensuring the availability of ACT in the private retail sector is important for its successful uptake.
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