Malaria Treatment & Prevention
ACT Watch: A new initiative to provide evidence on the availability and price of ACTs in the private sector.
ACT Watch (http://www.actwatch.info) is a new initiative funded by the B&M Gates Foundation that will generate evidence about the availability, price, quality, volume, retailer/consumer perceptions, and knowledge of antimalarial drugs at different service delivery points. In addition, the project will also understand the structure of the supply chain for the delivery of anti-malarial drugs. The studies will be conducted in 8 countries over a period of 5 years.
The results will help inform global and national policy decisions about how to improve availability of ACTs. All results are posted on-line as soon as they become available.
Mitsuru Toda
Some of the baseline outlet surveys for ACT availability and cost can be found here.
http://www.actwatch.info/results/overview.asp
The studies were conducted in Nigeria, DRC Congo, Uganda, and Benin.
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