Changing the malaria treatment protocol policy in Timor-Leste: an examination of context, process, and actors' involvement

In 2007 Timor-Leste, a malaria endemic country, changed its Malaria Treatment Protocol for uncomplicated falciparum malaria from sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to artemether-lumefantrine. The change in treatment policy was based on the rise in morbidity due to malaria and perception of increasing drug r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health research policy and systems 2013-05, Vol.11 (1), p.16-16, Article 16
Hauptverfasser:	Martins, João S, Zwi, Anthony B, Hobday, Karen, Bonaparte, Fernando, Kelly, Paul M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antimalarials - therapeutic use Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination Artemisinins - therapeutic use Clinical Protocols Cooperative Behavior Drug Combinations Drug Substitution Ethanolamines - therapeutic use Fluorenes - therapeutic use Health Planning Organizations Health Policy - trends Humans Interinstitutional Relations Laws, regulations and rules Malaria, Falciparum - drug therapy Malariotherapy Medical policy Policy Making Pyrimethamine - therapeutic use Sulfadoxine - therapeutic use Time Factors Timor-Leste
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