Research Article
Evaluation of the Quality of Artemisinin-Based Antimalarial Medicines Distributed in Ghana and Togo
Table 2
Categories of antimalarial medicines.
| | Category | Number of samples per country | | Ghana | Togo | Subtotal |
| | ACT formulations | | | | | Artemether/lumefantrine coformulated | 30 | 28 | 58 | | Artemether/lumefantrine coblistered | 1 | — | 1 | | Artesunate/amodiaquine coformulated | 3 | 5 | 8 | | Artesunate/amodiaquine coblistered | 11 | 6 | 17 | | Dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine coformulated | 4 | 1 | 6 | | Dihydroartemisinin/sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine coblistered | — | 1 | 1 |
| | | 49 | 41 | 90 (68.2%) |
| | Artemisinin-based monotherapy formulations | | | | | Artemether (parenteral) | 1 | 21 | 22 | | Artesunate (oral) | 3 | 11 | 14 | | Dihydroartemisinin (oral) | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| | | 9 | 33 | 42 (31.8%) |
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