Figure 2

Timeline of key events in the policy change implementation in Kenya: The green bar represents the time taken from the first drug policy technical working group meeting to consider policy options to the announcement by the Ministry of Health of the decision to adopt AL as the first-line therapeutic. The black bar represents the protracted time taken following the drug policy announcement to secure international financial support, order the drug and the drugs arrival in Kenya. Finally the blue bar represents the time taken from the release of funding to completion of the implementation of the drug policy change by December 2006.