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Use of drugs, perceived drug efficacy and preferred providers for febrile children: implications for home management of fever

Elizeus Rutebemberwa*, Xavier Nsabagasani, George Pariyo, Goran Tomson, Stefan Peterson and Karin Kallander

Malaria Journal 2009, 8:131 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-131

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Accessibility, availability and affordability of anti-malarials in a rural district in Kenya after implementation of a national subsidy scheme

Nathan Smith, Andrew Obala, Chrispinus Simiyu, Diana Menya, Barasa Khwa-Otsyula, Wendy O'Meara Malaria Journal 2011, 10:316 (26 October 2011)

This paper addresses a timely and extremely relevant topic for improving access to effective malaria medicines through an ambitious yet experimental subsidy scheme intervention‐the Affordable Medicine Facility‐malaria (AMFm) pilot in one of the country in sub‐Saharan Africa.

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Socially-marketed rapid diagnostic tests and ACT in the private sector: ten years of experience in Cambodia

Shunmay Yeung, Edith Patouillard, Henrietta Allen, Duong Socheat Malaria Journal 2011, 10:243 (18 August 2011)

Although, Cambodia successfully artesunate-mefloquine since the early 2000s in public health facilities, several studies have shown that most people with fever do not seek treatment from government facilities, but that a big proportion of the population source anti-malarials through the private sector.

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Social autopsy: INDEPTH Network experiences of utility, process, practices, and challenges in investigating causes and contributors to mortality

Karin Källander, Daniel Kadobera, Thomas N Williams, Rikke Nielsen, Lucy Yevoo, Aloysius Mutebi, Jonas Akpakli, Clement Narh, Margaret Gyapong, Alberta Amu, Peter Waiswa Population Health Metrics 2011, 9:44 (5 August 2011)

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Retail sector distribution chains for malaria treatment in the developing world: a review of the literature

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.