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| Title |
Quality of Antimalarial Drugs and Antibiotics in Papua New Guinea: A Survey of the Health Facility Supply Chain
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0096810 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Manuel W. Hetzel, Madhu Page-Sharp, Nancy Bala, Justin Pulford, Inoni Betuela, Timothy M. E. Davis, Evelyn K. Lavu |
| Abstract |
Poor-quality life-saving medicines are a major public health threat, particularly in settings with a weak regulatory environment. Insufficient amounts of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) endanger patient safety and may contribute to the development of drug resistance. In the case of malaria, concerns relate to implications for the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT). In Papua New Guinea (PNG), Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are both endemic and health facilities are the main source of treatment. ACT has been introduced as first-line treatment but other drugs, such as primaquine for the treatment of P. vivax hypnozoites, are widely available. This study investigated the quality of antimalarial drugs and selected antibiotics at all levels of the health facility supply chain in PNG. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 9 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1 | 11% |
| Italy | 1 | 11% |
| India | 1 | 11% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 11% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 3 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 22% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 138 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 133 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 25 | 18% |
| Researcher | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 23 | 17% |
| Unknown | 39 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 22% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 18 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 32 | 23% |
| Unknown | 40 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 October 2022.
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#4,978,727
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#78,183
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#45,988
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#1,180
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So far Altmetric has tracked 213,063 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 63% of its peers.
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