Piloting the Global Subsidy: The Impact of Subsidized Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies Distributed through Private Drug Shops in Rural Tanzania

Oliver J. Sabot; Alex Mwita; Justin M. Cohen; Yahya Ipuge; Megumi Gordon; David Bishop; Moses Odhiambo; Lorrayne Ward; Catherine Goodman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006857

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Piloting the Global Subsidy: The Impact of Subsidized Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies Distributed through Private Drug Shops in Rural Tanzania

Oliver J. Sabot ,

* E-mail: osabot@clintonfoundation.org

Affiliation Malaria Control Team, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alex Mwita,

Affiliation National Malaria Control Program, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Justin M. Cohen,

Affiliation Center for Strategic HIV/AIDS Operations Research, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yahya Ipuge,

Affiliation Tanzania Country Office, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Megumi Gordon,

Affiliation Malaria Control Team, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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David Bishop,

Affiliation Mott MacDonald Group Limited, Croydon, United Kingdom
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Moses Odhiambo,

Affiliation Social Research Division, Steadman Group, Nairobi, Kenya
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Lorrayne Ward,

Affiliation Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Catherine Goodman

Affiliation Health Policy Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
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Piloting the Global Subsidy: The Impact of Subsidized Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies Distributed through Private Drug Shops in Rural Tanzania

Oliver J. Sabot,
Alex Mwita,
Justin M. Cohen,
Yahya Ipuge,
Megumi Gordon,
David Bishop,
Moses Odhiambo,
Lorrayne Ward,
Catherine Goodman

Published: September 2, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006857

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Malaria Activism Editorial in PLoS Medicine

Posted by plosmedicine on 24 Nov 2009 at 16:47 GMT

A PLoS Medicine Editorial, which discusses shortages of artemisinin-based combination therapy in Africa at the point of care and how these can be addressed, cites this PLoS ONE paper:

The PLoS Medicine Editors (2009) Time for a “Third Wave” of Malaria Activism to Tackle the Drug Stock-out Crisis. PLoS Med 6(11): e1000188. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000188

http://www.plosmedicine.o...

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