# \[e-drug\] Two new documents on affordability and financing of ACTs **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [September 6, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-two-new-documents-on-affordability-and-financing-of-acts/17597 "2003-09-06T11:47:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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E-drug: Two new documents on affordability and financing of ACTs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear E-druggers, Those of you interested in Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy in malaria control may want to see two documents that have been released by WHO last week: 1. Access to antimalarial medicines: Improving the affordability and      financing of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies. Back-      ground document for Roll Back Malaria conference, Fall 2002.      WHO/CDS/MAL/2003.1095 (Ed. Hilbrand Haak) (pdf - 216KB)      [http://mosquito.who.int/cmc\_upload/0/000/016/745/37268\_ACT](http://mosquito.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/016/745/37268_ACT)      \_final2.pdf 2. Improving access to antimalarial medicines - Roll Back Malaria      Partnership Meeting, September 30 - October 2, 2003. World      Health Organisation. WHO/CDS/RBM/2003.44 (pdf, 840KB)      [http://mosquito.who.int/cmc\_upload/0/000/016/746/2002-sept](http://mosquito.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/016/746/2002-sept)      \_meeting.pdf The first paper was prepared for the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Meeting, reported in the second document. It presents the background for discussing financing policies for ACTs in countries with the highest malaria burden and suffering the consequences of increasing drug resistance. The paper builds on knowledge and experience of WHO in essential drug management, drug financing and affordability, and that of Roll Back Malaria in antimalarial drug supply to countries around the world. Pricing of antimalarial drugs and projections for the future are being discussed, as well as current antimalarial drug financing mechanisms and what consumers actually pay for treating malaria. Based on this information, options for improving antimalarial drug policies in the worst malaria-endemic countries are being addressed. Those who want to learn about country examples in applying ACTs, the current state of Roill Bacvk Malaria efforts, and current research efforts may want to download the second document, presenting the proceedings of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Meeting in late 2002. To download the articles using getweb send a message to getweb@healthnet.org, leave the subject line blank and in the message section write (if necessary, please 'repair' the url!!): Begin get [http://mosquito.who.int/cmc\_upload/0/000/016/745/37268\_ACT\_final2.pdf](http://mosquito.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/016/745/37268_ACT_final2.pdf) end or, for the second document: Begin get [http://mosquito.who.int/cmc\_upload/0/000/016/746/2002-sept\_meeting.pdf](http://mosquito.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/016/746/2002-sept_meeting.pdf) end For anyone having problems getting the document, please let me know and I can send them. All the best, Hilbrand Hilbrand Haak Consultants for Health and Development ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleedoorntuin 7 tel: +31-71-523.2052 2317 MV Leiden fax: +31-71-523.3592 The Netherlands e-mail: haakh@chd-consultants.nl Visit CHD's website at www.chd-consultants.nl -- To send a message to E-Drug, write to: e-drug@healthnet.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, write to: majordomo@healthnet.org in the body of the message type: subscribe e-drug OR unsubscribe e-drug To contact a person, send a message to: e-drug-help@healthnet.org Information and archives: [http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug](http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug)