Table 2 Availability of anti-malarial medicines and malaria rapid diagnostic tests by drug-outlet type in Siaya County, Kenya—2013
Total drug outlets n = 179 column (%) | Registered pharmacies n = 24 column (%) | Informal drug shops n = 45 column (%) | General shops n = 83 column (%) | Homesteads n = 23 column (%) | Other n = 4 column (%) | |||||||
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Any ACT | 165 | (92.2) | 23 | (95.8) | 44 | (97.8) | 73 | (88.0) | 21 | (91.3) | 4 | (100.0) |
Artemether-lumefantrine | 162 | (90.5) | 22 | (91.7) | 43 | (95.6) | 72 | (86.7) | 21 | (91.3) | 4 | (100.0) |
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine | 22 | (12.3) | 15 | (62.5) | 6 | (13.3) | 1 | (1.2) | – | – | ||
Artesunate-amodiaquine | 12 | (6.7) | 3 | (12.5) | 5 | (11.1) | 3 | (3.6) | 1 | (4.3) | ||
Artemisinin-piperaquine | 4 | (2.2) | 3 | (12.5) | 1 | (2.2) | – | – | – | |||
Any quinine formulation | 60 | (33.5) | 17 | (70.8) | 35 | (77.8) | 2 | (2.4) | 3 | (13.0) | 3 | (75.0) |
Tablets | 29 | (48.3) | 9 | (37.5) | 15 | (33.3) | 1 | (1.2) | 2 | (8.7) | 2 | (50.0) |
Parenteral | 37 | (61.7) | 12 | (50.0) | 19 | (42.2) | 2 | (2.4) | 1 | (4.3) | 3 | (75.0) |
Suspension | 19 | (31.7) | 4 | (16.7) | 15 | (33.3) | – | – | – | |||
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine | 85 | (47.5) | 18 | (75.0) | 34 | (75.6) | 20 | (24.1) | 10 | (43.5) | 3 | (75.0) |
Amodiaquine | 14 | (7.8) | – | 3 | (6.7) | 10 | (12.0) | 1 | (4.3) | – | ||
Artemether, parenteral | 9 | (5.0) | 6 | (25.0) | 2 | (4.4) | – | – | 1 | (25.0) | ||
Artemether-lumefantrine | n = 201a | n = 28 | n = 56 | n = 84 | n = 29 | n = 4 | ||||||
AMFm green leaf logo | 132 | (65.7) | 20 | (71.4) | 46 | (82.1) | 50 | (59.5) | 13 | (44.8) | 4 | (100.0) |
Artesunate-amodiaquine | n = 12 | n = 3 | n = 5 | n = 3 | n = 1 | |||||||
AMFm green leaf logo | 11 | (91.7) | 2 | (66.7) | 5 | (100) | 3 | (100) | 1 | (100) | – | |
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests | n = 177b | n = 24 | n = 45 | n = 82 | n = 22 | n = 4 | ||||||
Available on survey day | 17 | (9.6) | 8 | (33.3) | 5 | (11.1) | 1 | (1.2) | 3 | (13.6) | – | |
Never stocked | 149 | (84.2) | 14 | (58.3) | 34 | (75.6) | 81 | (98.8) | 19 | (86.4) | 1 | (25.0) |