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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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Published in |
Malaria Journal, January 2009
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-8-2 |
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Authors |
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. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 180 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 1% |
Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 173 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 31 | 17% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 13% |
Researcher | 22 | 12% |
Other | 12 | 7% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 7% |
Other | 47 | 26% |
Unknown | 33 | 18% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 59 | 33% |
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 | 29 | 16% |
Unknown | 44 | 24% |