Emergence of Plasmodium falciparum strains with artemisinin partial resistance in East Africa and the Horn of Africa: is there a need to panic?

Table 1 High ACT therapeutic efficacy for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria across sentinel sites in Ethiopia

Year	Study site	Drugs used	No enrolled	ACPR (%) 28 days
2007	Serbo	AL	90	97.6
2007	Wondo	AL	103	96.9
2008	Shele	AL	98	98.9
2011	Wondo	AL	90	92.5
2011	Shele	AL	100	96.7
2010	Pawe	AL	106	99
2013	Pawe	AL	101	99
2010	Selekleka	AL	102	100
2010	Halaba	AL	89	98.7
2010	Woreta	AL	89	100
2013	Woreta	AL	79	100
2014	Humera	AL	92	98.8
2014	Metema	AL	91	98.8
2014	Metehara	AL	91	98.8
2014	Werere	AL	91	100
2017/18	Pawe	AL	89	97.8
2017/18	A/minch	AL	11	100
2017/18	Pawe	DHA-PPQ	59	100
2017/18	A/minch	DHA-PPQ	9	100
2020/21	A/minch	AL	88	98.6
2020/21	S/robit	AL	14	100
2021	Metehara	AL	80	98.7
2020/21	Hamusit	DHA-PPQ	90	98
2021	Hamusit	PY-AS (Pyramax)	90	97.7
2022/23	A/minch	AL(singledose Pq)	88	96.6
2022/23	Hamusit	AL(singledose Pq)	91	97.8
2022/23	Metehara	AL(singledose Pq)	88	97.8
2022/23	Bahirdar	AL(singledose Pq)	60	98.3

Studies conducted by the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) for the NMCP since 2005 are included

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