The challenge to avoid anti-malarial medicine stock-outs in an era of funding partners: The case of Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mikkelsen Lopez, Inez ^a,b   Shango, Winna ^c   Barrington, Jim ^d   Ziegler, Rene ^d   Smith, Tom ^a,b   Desavigny, Don ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accountability; Anti malarial; Global fund; Health systems; Stock outs; Supply chain management; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; DONOR; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOBILE PHONE; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; TANZANIA;

EID: 84901490923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-181     Document Type: Article

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