| Summary: | Background : West Sulawesi is one of the areas prone to the spread of
malaria. The report of basic health research in West Sulawesi, of which
there are five counties indicated that there were two districts having
prevalence of clinical malaria which exceeded the national level (0.2% �
2.9%), which were Mamuju and North Mamuju district. In 2009, the
number of malaria positive patients in Mamuju highest number of cases
about 563 inhabitants. Concerning the problem of malaria, what currently
had been done was limited to currative measures in hospitals,
policlinics/public health centers, supporting public health centers (pustu) or
during the program of integrated health service post (posyandu). One of
the other supporting the implementation of malaria treatment program is
the availability of antimalarial medicines. This studi was conducted to
evaluated the availability of antimalaria medicines in Mamuju district.
Aim : Evaluating the availability of antimalarial medicines in Mamuju
district.
Methods: Descriptive case study design was applied, using qualitative
and quantitative data. Qualitative data were obtained by in- depth
interview while quantitative data were gathered from document
observation. Data collected by conducting in-depth interviews for
qualitative data, and for quantitative data were gathered from documents
observation relating to the availability of malaria medicines.
Results: The Level of medicines availability varied from inadequate (<18
months) and adequate (18-21 months). Availability of essensial
antimalarial medicines in Mamuju district has met 100%. Expired and
impaired medicines were found in most health care service with range of
12.50% to 25%. The availability of non program antimalarial drugs in
private sectors (pharmacies and drugstores) were adequate with
affordability of antimalarial drugs to UMHK limited only for generic
chloroquine and primaquine. The activity of malaria programs in Mamuju
districs was still highly dependent on outside helps whether coming from
National Revenues and Expenditure Budget (APBN) or global fund ATM.
Conclusion : The availability of antimalaria medicines in Mamuju distric
from 2008-2010 had not yet fulfilled in an optimal since there were
lackings of availability of antimalaria medicines in many health care
facilities in the category less to excess. The availability of antimalarial
medicines in private sectors were adequate. Generic malarial medicines
are affordable in pharmacies and drugstores.
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