Is Option B+ the Best Choice?
Letter to the Editor Anna Coutsoudis and colleagues worry that international organisations have too hastily endorsed a strategy to provide lifelong t...
Closing the Access Barrier for Effective Anti-Malarials in the Private Sector in Rural Uganda: Consortium for ACT Private Sector Subsidy (CAPSS) Pilot Study
Abstract Background Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), the treatment of choice for uncomplicated falciparum malaria, is unaffordable and gen...
Existing Capacity to Manage Pharmaceuticals and Related Commodities in East Africa: An Assessment with Specific Reference to Antiretroviral Therapy
Abstract Background East African countries have in the recent past experienced a tremendous increase in the volume of antiretroviral drugs. Capac...
A Strategy to Improve Skills in Pharmaceutical Supply Management in East Africa: The Regional Technical Resource Collaboration for Pharmaceutical Management
Abstract Background International initiatives such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the President’s Emergency Plan fo...
Pilot Assessment of Supply Chains for Pharmaceuticals and Medical Commodities for Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV Infection in Ethiopia
Of 48 surveyed hospitals and health centers in Ethiopia, 9 (19%), 9 (19%), and 10 (21%) did not have malaria, TB, or HIV drugs, respectively. Simil...
The Magnitude and Trend of Artemether-Lumefantrine Stock-Outs at Public Health Facilities in Kenya
Despite lower levels of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) stock-outs compared to the reports in 2008, the stock-outs at Kenyan facilities during 2010-2011 ...
Records Linkage of Electronic Databases for the Assessment of Adverse Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia conducted a confirmatory assessment of the risk of anemia associated with zidovudine (AZT)-based...
Implications of Adopting New WHO Guidelines for ART Initiation in Ethiopia: Policy and Practice
Adoption of the new WHO guidelines would increase the total number of patients on ART in 19 high-patient-load health centers in Addis Ababa and four r...
A Situational Analysis of Pharmacovigilance Plans in the Global Fund Malaria and U.S. President's Malaria Initiative Proposals
In 2008, The Roll Back Malaria partnership issued guidelines for inclusion of pharmacovigilance in Global Fund and other related proposals. In light o...
Improvements in Access to Malaria Treatment in Tanzania after Switch to Artemisinin Combination Therapy and the Introduction of Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets: A Provider Perspective
Abstract Background To improve access to treatment in the private retail sector a new class of outlets known as accredited drug dispensing outlets (AD...