Retail supply of malaria-related drugs in rural Tanzania: Risks and opportunities

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 655-663

  Goodman, Catherine ^a   Kachur, S Patrick ^b,e   Abdulla, Salim ^b   Mwageni, Eleuther ^c   Nyoni, Joyce ^d   Schellenberg, Joanna A ^a   Mills, Anne ^a   Bloland, Peter ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimalarials; Developing countries; Malaria; Private sector; Rural areas; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; SULFADOXINE;

DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; MALARIA; RETAILING; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; COMMERCE; DOSAGE FORMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUININE; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CINCHONA PUBESCENS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3042547572     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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