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| Title |
The affordable medicines facility-malaria—A success in peril
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Malaria Journal, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-11-370 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ambrose O Talisuna, Seraphine Adibaku, Chioma N Amojah, George K Amofah, Vivian Aubyn, Alex Dodoo, Elizabeth Juma, Djermakoye H Jackou, Sigsbert Mkude, Albert P Okui, Benjamin Ramarosandratana, Shija J Shija |
| Abstract |
The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm) has put into place a bold financing plan for artemisinin-combination therapy in a pilot phase in seven countries covering half the population at risk of malaria in Africa. A report of the AMFm independent evaluation, conducted by ICF International and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, describes the success of the programme in the pilot sites: Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania (mainland and Zanzibar) and Uganda, comparing availability and affordability of high-quality artemisinin-combination therapies before and after AMFm launched. Proof of concept was achieved: AMFm increased availability and kept prices low, meeting its initial, ambitious benchmarks in most settings. Despite this overwhelming success, opposition to the programme and dwindling resources for malaria control conspire to cripple or kill AMFm. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| Curaçao | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 67 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 64 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 15 | 22% |
| Researcher | 14 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 16% |
| Unknown | 10 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 12% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 12 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. 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 14 December 2020.
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#2,016,167
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#389
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#13,530
of 187,186 outputs
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#4
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