The aim of this study was to analyse willingness to pay (WTP) and ability to pay (ATP) for ACT for children below five years of age in a rural setting in Tanzania before the introduction of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) as first-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria. Socio-economic factors associated with WTP and expectations on anti-malaria drugs, including ACT, were also explored.
Malaria Research Unit (M9), Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. eleonor76@yahoo.com