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Table 3 Number of equivalent adult doses sold per day in all shops and health facilities (HF) in the DSS rural areas and share out of total in the type of outlet

From: Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania after switch to artemisinin combination therapy and the introduction of accredited drug dispensing outlets - a provider perspective

 

2005

2008

 

Public HF

Faith Based

HF

Drugs shops

General shops

Total

Public HF

Faith Based HF

Drugs shops

General shops

Total

Amodiaquine

22.4

(28.2%)

21.0

(42.4%)

43.4

(28.3%)

10.8

(32.8%)

97.6

(30.9%)

64.7

(38.1%)

9.6

(29.2%)

62.1

(18.8%)

4.3

(21.2%)

140.7

(25.1%)

Chloroquine

  

0.9

(0.6%)

 

0.9

(0.3%)

    

-

SP

54.9

(69.2%)

26.8

(54.2%)

97.9

(63.8%)

21.9

(66.6%)

201.5

(63.9%)

26.6

(15.7%)

7.9

(24.0%)

233.6

(70.7%)

15

(78.8%)

284.1

(50.7%)

Quinine

2.1

(2.6%)

1.7

(3.4%)

11.3

(7.3%)

0.2

(0.6%)

15.3

(4.9%)

7.5

(4.4%)

7.5

(22.8%)

16.1

(4.9%)

> 0.1

(> 0.1%)

31.1

(5.1%)

ALu

-

-

-

-

-

71.1

(41.8%)

14.8

(50%)

18.1

(5.5%)

 

104.0

(18.6%)

Artemisinin monotherapy

-

-

-

-

-

0.1

(> 0.1%)

 

0.3

(> 0.1%)

 

0.3

(> 0.1%)

Total

79.4

49.5

153.5

32.9

315.3

169.9

32.9

330.2

20.3

560.3