General

- Access to Antimalarial Medicines Improving the Affordability and Financing of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapies. WHO, Geneva 2003 (WHO/CDS/MAL/2003.1095).

- The Quality of Antimalarials. A Study in Selected African Countries. WHO, Geneva, 2003 (WHO/EDM/ PAR/2003.4).

- Perspective on Improving Access to Antimalarial Treatment from Professor Jeffrey Sachs RBM Partnership Meeting on Improving Access to Antimalarial Treatment. Verbatim of video-conference of 2 October 2002.

- Improving Family and Community Practices. A Component of the IMCI Strategy. WHO/UNICEF, 1998 (WHO/CHD/98.18).

Antimalarial treatment and drug resistance

- Assessment and monitoring of antimalarial drug efficacy for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. WHO, Geneva, 2003 (WHO/HTM/RBM/2003.50).
http://mosquito.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/017/017/ProtocolWHO.pdf.

- Monitoring Antimalarial Drug Resistance. 2002. Report of a WHO consultation. WHO, Geneva, 2001 (WHO/CDS/CSR/EPH/2002.17 WHO/CDS/RBM/2002.39).
http://rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/015/800/200239.pdf.

- Antimalarial Drug Combination Therapy: Report of a WHO Technical Consultation. WHO, Geneva, 2001 (WHO/CDS/RBM/2001.35).
http://rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/015/082/use sur antimalarials2.pdf.

- Management of Severe Malaria: A practical handbook. 2nd Edition. WHO, Geneva 2000 (ISBN 92 4 154523 2).
http://rbm.who.int/docs/hbsm.pdf.

- The Use of Antimalarial Drugs: Report of an Informal Consultation. WHO, Geneva, 2000 (WHO/CDS/RBM/2001.33).
http://rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/014/923/use sur antimalarials.pdf.

Vector Control including Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs)

- WHO Guidelines on the management of public health pesticides: Report of the WHO Interregional Consultation, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 25-28 February 2003. WHO, Geneva, 2003 (WHO/CDS/WHOPES/2003.7)
http://www.who.int/ctd/whopes/docs/Final_Guidelines_Pesticide_Management.pdf

- Scaling-up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa: A strategic framework for coordinated national action. WHO, Geneva, 2002 (WHO/CDS/RBM/2002.43).
Available online: http://rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/015/845/itn_programmes.pdf.

- Insecticide-treated mosquito net interventions: A manual for national control programme managers. WHO, Geneva, 2003 (WHO/CDS/RBM/2002.45).
http://rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/016/211/ITNinterventions_en.pdf.

- WHO recommended insecticides for treatment of mosquito nets for malaria vector control.
E-document: http://rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/012/605/ITNTable.htm

- Najera J A, Zaim M. Malaria vector control: Insecticides for indoor residual spraying. WHO, Geneva, 2001 (WHO/CDS/WHOPES/2001.3).

- Najera J A, Zaim M. Malaria vector control: Decisionmaking criteria and procedures for judicious use of insecticides. WHO, Geneva, 2002 (WHO/CDS/WHOPES/2002.5).
http://www.who.int/ctd/whopes/docs/JudiciousUseRev.pdf

- Specifications for netting materials: Report of an Informal Consultation. WHO, Geneva, 2001 (WHO/CDS/RBM/2001.28).
http://rbm.who.int/cmc_upload/0/000/012/756/netspex.pdf

- Guidelines for the purchase of public health pesticides. WHO, Geneva, 2000 (WHO/CDS/WHOPES/2000.1).
http://www.who.int/ctd/whopes/docs/PurchaseGuidelinesRev.pdf

Malaria in pregnancy

- A policy framework for malaria prevention and control during pregnancy in the African region. WHO/AFRO, 2003. Final draft available from WHO/AFRO.

Medicines and other supplies

- Guidelines for price discounts of single-source pharmaceuticals (interagency document). WHO, Geneva, 2003 (WHO/EDM/PAR/2003.3).
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/docseng_from_a_to_z.shtml#g

- Guidelines on interaction with commercial enterprises to achieve health outcomes. Annex to guidelines on working with the private sector to achieve health outcomes). WHO, Geneva, 2000 (EB107/20).
http://www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/EB107/ee20.pdf

- Guidelines for drug donations (interagency document). WHO, Geneva, 1999 (WHO/EDM/PAR/99.4).
http://www.who.int/medicines/docs/pagespublications/supplypub.htm.

- Operational principles for good pharmaceutical procurement (interagency document). WHO, Geneva, (WHO/EDM/PAR/99.5).
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/par/who-edmpar-99-5/who-edm-par-99-5.shtml

- Managing drug supply. 2nd edition. Management Sciences for Health/ World Health Organization, 1997.
http://www.msh.org/what_MSH_does/cpm/resources.html#top

Intellectual Property rights and pharmaceuticals

- HIV/AIDS Medicines and related supplies: Contemporary context and procurement. Technical Guide, World Bank, Washington, DC, 2004. (Chapter 2 and Annex B).
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTPROCUREMENT/Resources/Technical-Guide-HIV-AIDS.pdf

- Drug patents under the spotlight: sharing practical knowledge about pharmaceutical patents. Médecins Sans Frontières, Geneva, 2003.
http://www.accessmed-msf.org/prod/publications.asp?scntid=2252003114784&contenttype=PARA&

- Globalization, patents and drugs: An annotated bibliography. Health Economics and Drugs Series No.9. WHO, Geneva, 2002 (EDM/PAR/2002.1).
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/par/who-edmpar-2001-1/who-edm-par-2001-1.htm

- Implications of the DOHA Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health. WHO, Geneva, 2002 (WHO/EDM/PAR/2002.3).
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/docseng_from_a_to_z.shtml#p

- Network for monitoring the impact of globalization and TRIPS on access to medicines: Meeting report. Health Economics and Drugs Series No. 11 WHO, Geneva, 2002 (WHO/EDM/PAR/2002.1).
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/docseng_from_a_to_z.shtml#n

- Globalization, TRIPS and access to pharmaceuticals. WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines No.3. WHO, Geneva, 2001.
http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/ood/ood6pagers.shtml

- Patent situation of HIV/AIDS-related drugs in 80 countries. UNAIDS/WHO, Geneva, 2000.
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/docseng_from_a_to_z.shtml#g

- Globalization and access to drugs. Perspectives on the WTO/TRIPS Agreement. Health Economics and Drugs Series No. 7. WHO, Geneva, 1998 (WHO/DAP/98.9).

Pricing strategies

- Drug Price Information Services. What is WHO doing to improve drug price information? WHO Information Sheet
http://www.who.int/medicines/organization/par/ipc/drugpriceinfo.shtml

- Medicine Prices: a new approach to measurement. WHO/Health Action International, Geneva, 2003
(WHO/EDM/PAR/2003.2).
http://www.who.int/medicines/library/prices.shtml

Roll Back Malaria Partner websites

- UNICEF: www.unicef.org

- WHO: www.who.int

- PSI: www.psi.org

- MSH: www.msh.org

- MSF: www.msf.org

- GFATM: www.theglobalfund.org

Contacts

- For further information about suppliers or products, please contact:

Malaria Medicines and Supplies Service (MMSS):
Email: RBMmmss@who.int
Fax: +41 22 791 15 87

UNICEF Supply Division
Email: supply@unicef.org
Fax: +45 35 269421

- For further information on mosquito nets, contact:

World Health Organization
Fax: +41 22 791 48 24

- For further information on diagnostic tests, contact:

World Health Organization
E-mail: mal-rdt@wpro.who.int
Fax: +632 521 1036

- For further information on insecticides, contact:

World Health Organization
E-mail: whopes@who.int

- For further information on spray equipment, contact:

World Health Organization
E-mail: whopes@who.int

- For further information on insecticides resistance kits, contact:

World Health Organization
E-mail: whopes@who.int

- For further information on a range of test plates available for drug resistance kit, contact:

World Health Organization
Fax +41 22 791 48 24