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Options for improving malaria treatment: Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2010

Andrew D. Oxman
Affiliation:
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Ambachew M. Yohannes
Affiliation:
World Health Organization, International Drug Purchase Facility (UNITAID)
John-Arne Røttingen
Affiliation:
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services

Extract

This Theme Section of IJTAHC presents summaries of six policy briefs that address scaling up of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Africa. The methods used to develop the policy briefs are described in the Section Editorial. Each summary assesses the problem, potential policy options to address the problem, and strategies for implementing those options.

Type
THEME SECTION: OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING MALARIA TREATMENT
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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