The magnitude and trend of artemether-lumefantrine stock-outs at public health facilities in Kenya

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sudoi, Raymond K ^a   Githinji, Sophie ^a   Nyandigisi, Andrew ^b   Muturi, Alex ^c   Snow, Robert W ^a,d   Zurovac, Dejan ^a,d,e  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^c Management for Sciences of Health   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STOCK OUT; TREND STUDY; ARTICLE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FLUORENES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84856595817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-37     Document Type: Review

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