Availability and price of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in the public and private health sectors in 2011: Results from 10 nationally representative cross-sectional retail surveys

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 744-756

  Poyer, Stephen ^a   Shewchuk, Tanya ^a,b   Tougher, Sarah ^c   Ye, Yazoume ^d   Gatakaa, H ^a   Njogu, J ^a   Evance, I ^a   Littrell, M ^a   Chavasse, D ^a   O'Connell, K ^a   Palafox, B ^a,c   Toda, M ^a   Raharinjatovo, J ^a   Rahariniaina, J ^a   Anyanti, J ^a,m   Arogundade, E ^a,m   Michael, D ^a   Buyungo, P ^a   Kuala, H ^a   Mann, Andrea G ^c   Willey, Barbara A ^c   Thomson, Rebecca ^c,e   Amuasi, John H ^f,g   Ren, Ruilin ^d   Wamukoya, Marilyn ^h   Taylor, Mark ^c,i   Nguah, Samuel Blay ^g   Mberu, Blessing ^h   Kalolella, Admirabilis ^e   Juma, Elizabeth ^j   Festo, Charles ^e   Johanes, Boniface ^e   Diap, Graciela ^k   Bruxvoort, Katia ^c,e   Ansong, Daniel ^h,l   Hanson, Kara ^c   Arnold, Fred ^d   Goodman, Catherine ^c   more..

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

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

^d ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^h AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

ⁱ TRNAVA UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^j KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^k Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative   (Sweden)

^l KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^m Nigeria   (Nigeria)

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Author keywords

Africa; Malaria; Private sector; Public sector; Rapid diagnostic tests

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; MALARIA; PROFITABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BENIN; CAMBODIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GHANA; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MADAGASCAR; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TANZANIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA; AFRICA; ASIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICA; ASIA; COMMERCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALARIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 84928743629     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12491     Document Type: Article

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