News & publications
This section is a repository of all ACTwatch and FPwatch reports and publications, as well as other communication materials, such as posters and presentations. The repository can be searched using the search fields to the right. All data and information contained in these materials can be used freely if appropriately cited.
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ACTwatch nonQA ACT in SSA
This presentation was given at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 65th Annual Meeting.
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Madagascar Poster
Posters | Madagascar | 2016This poster was presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 65th Annual Meeting.
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Malaria market trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: 2009-2016
This brief summarizes findings from ACTwatch's research in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
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Madagascar 2015 Outlet Survey Research Brief in French
Briefs | Madagascar | 2016This brief summarizes findings in French from the 2015 Outlet Survey conducted in Madagascar.
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Madagascar 2015 Outlet Survey Research Brief
Briefs | Madagascar | 2016This brief summarizes findings from the 2015 Outlet Survey conducted in Madagascar.
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Madagascar 2015 Outlet Survey Presentation in French
Presentations | Madagascar | 2016This presentation summarizes findings in French from the 2015 Outlet Survey conducted in Madagascar.
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Madagascar 2015 Reference Document
Survey reports | Madagascar | 2016This document details findings from the 2015 Outlet Survey conducted in Madagascar.
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Madagascar 2015 French Reference Document
Survey reports | Madagascar | 2016This document details findings in French from the 2015 Outlet Survey conducted in Madagascar.
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ACTwatch ORS and Zinc Data 2013-2014
Multi-country | Benin | Cambodia | DR Congo | Kenya | Madagascar | Nigeria | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | 2016This presentation highlights findings from the ORS and zinc availability report that sampled and screened outlet types across nine of the ACTwatch country platforms.
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ACTwatch Outlet Surveys 2013‐2014 ORS and Zinc Availability Findings from 9 Countries
Multi-country | Benin | Cambodia | DR Congo | Kenya | Madagascar | Nigeria | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | 2015ACTwatch antimalarial medicine outlet surveys were conducted in 2013 in the DRC (Kinshasa & Katanga provinces), Cambodia, Madagascar, Nigeria, and Uganda, and in 2014 in Benin, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. A representative sample of clusters was selected to provide national estimates (provincial estimates only in the DRC) as well as estimates in urban and rural areas in Benin, DRC, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Within selected clusters, a census of all outlets with the potential to sell or distribute antimalarials and/or provide malaria blood testing was completed. All enumerated outlets were administered a series of screening questions to assess eligibility of the ACTwatch outlet survey. Screened outlets were administered additional questions to assess availability of ORS and zinc. This document summarizes the findings from these ORS and zinc availability questions.
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Antimalarial market complexity and diversity across 8 sub-Saharan African countries one decade after the introduction of artemisinincombination therapy
This poster was presented at the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, which took place between the 6-10th September 2015. Findings are presented for malaria medicine outlet surveys conducted between 2009-2014 in Benin, the DRC, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Trends are presented for key ACTwatch indicators, including availability of quality assured ACT, non-quality assured ACT, SP, market share of all anitmalarials and ACT price. The evidence points to challenges in quality assured ACT uptake, despite shifts in national malaria treatment guidelines. Of note is the recent emergence of numerous non-quality assured ACTs and availability and widespread use of SP for case management. Price of quality assured ACT continues to be a barrier despite implementation of large-scale subsidy schemes targeting the public and private sectors.
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ACTwatch Study Reference Document Madagascar 2013 Outlet Survey - French
Survey reports | Madagascar | 2015Suggested citation: ACTwatch Group and PSI/Madagascar. (2015). ACTwatch Study Reference Document: The Madagascar Outlet Survey 2013/14. Washington DC: PSI.
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Madagascar 2013/14 Outlet Survey Results - Presentation
Presentations | Madagascar | 2015This presentation was used during the Madagascar 2013/14 Dissemination Meeting held in Antanavario on July 7th, 2015. The presentation was given by Solofo Razakamiadana, ACTwatch Country Program Coordinator.
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Madagascar 2013 Outlet Survey Results - Study Brief - French
Briefs | Madagascar | 2015This brief (in French) summarizes the results of the 2013 Outlet Survey conducted in Madagascar.
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Improving Access To Malaria Medicine Through Private-Sector Subsidies In Seven African Countries
ACTwatch is a co-author on this paper that looks at the Affordable Medicines Facility—malaria (AMFm) program in seven African countries. The paper was published in Health Affairs.
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Improving Access To Malaria Medicine Through Private-Sector Subsidies In Seven African Countries Appendix
This is the appendix for the paper, for which ACTwatch is a co-author, that looks at the Affordable Medicines Facility—malaria (AMFm) program in seven African countries. The paper was published in Health Affairs.
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Communicating the AMFm message: exploring the effect of communication and training interventions on private for-profit provider awareness and knowledge related to a multi-country anti-malarial subsidy intervention
ACTwatch is a co-author on this paper that looks at the Affordable Medicines Facility - malaria (AMFm), implemented at national scale in eight African countries or territories. The paper was published in Malaria Journal.
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Oral Artemisinin Monotherapy (oral AMT) Products found in 2013 ACTwatch Outlet Surveys
The table outlines all oral artemisinin monotherapy (oAMT) products found during 2013 ACTwatch surveys. Photos are included where available. Among 6 countries surveyed in 2013, oral AMT was found to be available in the DRC, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Nigeria. No oral AMT was found in Madagascar or Uganda.
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Treating febrile children in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence on recourse to multiple sources and polypharmacy from national household surveys in Madagascar, Nigeria and Uganda.
Presented at the 6th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference, 2013 (MIM 2013) in Durban in October 2013.
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Monitoring supply and demand for antimalarials and RDTs: an update on ACTwatch
Presentations | Benin | Cambodia | DR Congo | Kenya | Madagascar | Nigeria | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | 2013Presented by Stephen Poyer on behalf of the ACTwatch group at the 6th Pan-African Malaria Conference (MIM 2013) in Durban in October 2013.
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Trends in Antimalarial Drug Use in Africa
Flegg J.A. et al., Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 89(5), 2013, pp. 857–865 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.13-0129
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ACTwatch Baseline and Endline Household Survey Results 2009-2012 - Report
ACTwatch Group, ABMS/Benin, ASF/DRC, PSI/Madagascar, SFH/Nigeria, PACE/Uganda, and SFH/Zambia. 2013. ACTwatch Baseline and Endline Household Survey Results 2009-2012: Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia. Washington, DC: Population Services International.
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Treatment seeking for fever: Uganda, Nigeria, Madagascar - Presentation
Data sourced from:
ACTwatch Household Survey Trends 2008/2009-2012(Draft report).
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Methods for implementing a medicine outlet survey: lessons from the anti-malarial market
Peer-reviewed | Benin | Cambodia | DR Congo | Kenya | Madagascar | Myanmar | Nigeria | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | 2013O’Connell et al., Malaria Journal 2013, 12:52 http://www.malariajournal.com/content/12/1/52
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Monitoring antimalarial markets in seven countries - Presentation
Presented in December 2012 at the workshop “10 years of Global Public Goods: a round table on the status of antimalarials”, organised by Aix Marseille School of Economics and ANR Propice.
