TY - JOUR AU - Tabernero, Patricia AU - Fernández, Facundo M. AU - Green, Michael AU - Guerin, Philippe J. AU - Newton, Paul N. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/04/08 TI - Mind the gaps - the epidemiology of poor-quality anti-malarials in the malarious world - analysis of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network database JO - Malaria Journal SP - 139 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Poor quality medicines threaten the lives of millions of patients and are alarmingly common in many parts of the world. Nevertheless, the global extent of the problem remains unknown. Accurate estimates of the epidemiology of poor quality medicines are sparse and are influenced by sampling methodology and diverse chemical analysis techniques. In order to understand the existing data, the Antimalarial Quality Scientific Group at WWARN built a comprehensive, open-access, global database and linked Antimalarial Quality Surveyor, an online visualization tool. Analysis of the database is described here, the limitations of the studies and data reported, and their public health implications discussed. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-139 DO - 10.1186/1475-2875-13-139 ID - Tabernero2014 ER -