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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Short report: Malaria drug shortages in kenya: A major failure to provide access to effective treatment
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 80, No. 5, Year 2009
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Description
A key bench mark of successful therapeutic policy implementation, and thus effectiveness, is that the rec-ommended drugs are available at the point of care. Two years after artemether-lumefathrine (AL) was introduced for the management of uncomplicated malaria in Kenya, we carried out a cross-sectional survey to investigate AL availability in government facilities in seven malaria-endemic districts. One of four of the surveyed facilities had none of the four AL weight-specific treatment packs in stock; three of four facilities were out of stock of at least one weight-specific AL pack, leading health workers to prescribe a range of inappropriate alternatives. The shortage was in large part caused by a delayed procurement process. National ministries of health and the international community must address the current shortcomings facing antimalarial drug supply to the public sector. Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kangwana, Beth B.
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Njogu, Julius
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Wasunna, Beatrice
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Kedenge, Sarah V.
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Memusi, Dorothy N.
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Goodman, Catherine A.
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Zurovac, Dejan
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Snow, Robert William
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Statistics
Citations: 115
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.737
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Kenya