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

ABSTRACT: Whilst some populations have recently experienced dramatic declines in malaria, the majority of those most at risk of Plasmodium falciparum malaria still lack access to effective treatment with artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) and others are already facing parasites resistant to artemisinins.In this context, there is a crucial need to improve both access to and targeting of ACT through greater availability of good quality ACT and parasitological diagnosis. This is an issue of increasing urgency notably in the private commercial sector, which, in many countries, plays an important role in the provision of malaria treatment. The Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm) is a recent initiative that aims to increase the provision of affordable ACT in public, private and NGO sectors

SUBMITTER: Yeung S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3173399 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature