Poor quality vital anti-malarials in Africa - an urgent neglected public health priority

• Main Authors: Newton, Paul N., Green, Michael D., Mildenhall, Dallas C., Plançon, Aline, Nettey, Henry, Nyadong, Leonard, Hostetler, Dana M., Swamidoss, Isabel, Harris, Glenn A., Powell, Kristen, Timmermans, Ans E., Amin, Abdinasir A., Opuni, Stephen K., Barbereau, Serge, Faurant, Claude, Soong, Ray C.W., Faure, Kevin, Jonarthan Thevanayagam, Fernandes, Peter, Kaur, Harparkash, Angus, Brian, Stepniewska, Kasia, Guerin, Philippe J., Fernández, Facundo M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Africa; Antimalarials; Artemisinins; Lactones; Quality of Health Care; Open Access article
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/685
• Institution: Mahidol University

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a major public health problem. A vital component of malaria control rests on the availability of good quality artemisinin-derivative based combination therapy (ACT) at the correct dose. However, there are increasing reports of poor quality anti-m...