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Indicator name:
Number of malaria cases treated with any first  line tx courses (including artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs))
Short name:
Malaria cases treated with any 1st line tx courses
Data type:
Count
Indicator Id:
3549
Topic:
Intervention
Definition:
Number of malaria cases who received first-line antimalarial treatment according to national policy.
Disaggregation:
By country and WHO region
Method of measurement
WHO compiles data on the reported number of malaria cases treated with any first line treatment course (including ACTs) submitted by the national malaria control programmes (NMCPs) or, where such data were unavailable, reports submitted to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) were used.
Method of estimation:
In countries with missing data one of two approaches was used 1.numbers of ACT treated were used as a proxy if countries indicated that they were the same and/or all first line treatment in the country is ACT 2. first line tx courses were calculated based on the relationship between first line tx courses and ACT treated or first line distributions for previous years.”
Preferred data sources:
Surveillance systems and the Global Fund
Unit of Measure:
Cases
Expected frequency of data dissemination:
Annual
Expected frequency of data collection:
Continuous
Contact person email:
williamsryan@who.int
Name:
Ryan Willliams
Links:
World malaria report 2024
Indicator Metadata Registry List
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