Malaria Research and Treatment

Research Article

Evaluation of the Quality of Artemisinin-Based Antimalarial Medicines Distributed in Ghana and Togo

Table 1

Distribution of antimalarial medicines collected from the different sampling sites.
Total productsProduct typeOutletZones*
ACTMonotherapyPrivateInformal1234567
Ghana           
 58  
 100%		49  
84.5%		 9  
15.5%		49  
84.5%		9  
15.5%		—
6  
10.3%		24  
41.4%		6  
10.3%		10  
17.2%		10  
17.2%		2  
3.5%
Togo           
 74  
 100%		41  
55.4%		33  
44.6%		50  
67.6%		24  
32.4%		38  
51.4%		12  
16.2%		12  
16.2%		12  
16.2%		—
—
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Ghana: 2: Winneba and Awutu; 3: Takoradi; 4: Bolgatanga and Sandema; 5: Aflao; 6: Kumasi; 7: Half Assini.
Togo: 1: Lomé; 2: Aného; 3: Atakpame; 4: Dapaong.