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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
卷 80, 期 5, 页码 737-738出版社
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.737
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- Wellcome Trust, UK
- Kenya Medical Research Institute
- Principal Wellcome Trust Fellow [079081]
- UK Department for International Development
A key bench mark of successful therapeutic policy implementation, and thus effectiveness, is that the recommended 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.
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