EVALUASI KETERSEDIAAN OBAT MALARIA DI KABUPATEN MAMUJU PROVINSI SULAWESI BARAT

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 (