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Pattern of drug utilization for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in urban Ghana following national treatment policy change to artemisinin-combination therapy

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Title
Pattern of drug utilization for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in urban Ghana following national treatment policy change to artemisinin-combination therapy
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Malaria Journal, January 2009
DOI 10.1186/1475-2875-8-2
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Alexander NO Dodoo, Carole Fogg, Alex Asiimwe, Edmund T Nartey, Augustina Kodua, Ofori Tenkorang, David Ofori-Adjei

Abstract

Change of first-line treatment of uncomplicated malaria to artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) is widespread in Africa. To expand knowledge of safety profiles of ACT, pharmacovigilance activities are included in the implementation process of therapy changes. Ghana implemented first-line therapy of artesunate-amodiaquine in 2005. Drug utilization data is an important component of determining drug safety, and this paper describes how anti-malarials were prescribed within a prospective pharmacovigilance study in Ghana following anti-malarial treatment policy change.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 169 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 31 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 23 13%
Researcher 22 13%
Other 12 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 7%
Other 43 24%
Unknown 33 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 59 34%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 18 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 5%
Other 25 14%
Unknown 44 25%