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Changing Malaria Treatment Policy to Artemisinin-Based Combinations: An Implementation Guide
ACT GuideChanging Malaria Treatment Policy to Artemisinin-Based Combinations: An Implementation Guide This document provides guidance to countries on implementing national policy changes to ACT for first-line malaria treatment consistent with the World Health Organization's (WHO) policy recommendations. It addresses operational and technical considerations for both the public and private sectors, and it may be used as a planning tool to identify technical assistance and resource needs. It was produced by RPM Plus in collaboration with the RBM Partnership and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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RPM Plus Malaria Brochure

Malaria BrochureRPM Plus works in several countries globally to help enhance pharmaceutical management systems and improve access to high-quality antimalarial medicines and commodities. Read more about RPM Plus' work in the malaria brochure [PDF - 1.07MB].








Three Global Fund Case Studies in West Africa

After approving malaria grants to certain countries, the Global Fund recognized that the recipients were facing problems implementing their programs as outlined in their project proposals. As a result, the Global Fund requested that RPM Plus in collaboration with RBM Partnership to develop descriptive case studies on the procurement and distribution aspects of malaria grant implementation in three West African countries - Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, and Nigeria. The following are the reports from these case studies -
Pharmaceutical Management for Malaria Manual
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To address pharmaceutical management issues related to the essential medicines needed for treating and preventing malaria, the RPM Program, in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), developed the Drug Management for Malaria Manual, an indicator-based assessment tool, and released the first edition in 2000. Renamed for this revised edition, the Pharmaceutical Management for Malaria Manual is designed to guide the review of availability and patterns of use of medicines for malaria treatment in public health facilities of the Ministry of Health (MOH) and in private facilities, pharmacies, and retail pharmaceutical outlets.

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