dc.contributor.advisor | Bradley, Hazel | |
dc.contributor.author | Momodu, Rametu Omamegbe | |
dc.contributor.other | School of Public Health | |
dc.contributor.other | Faculty of Community and Health Sciences | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-21T17:52:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010/04/11 22:27 | |
dc.date.available | 2010/04/11 | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-21T17:52:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2423 | |
dc.description | Magister Public Health - MPH | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Malaria is a health, social and economic burden in Nigeria and consistently ranks amongst the four most common causes of childhood deaths. Treatment of malaria is usually started at home; care is only sought from the health facility when the treatment is ineffective (McCombie, 1996). Patent medicine vendors (PMVs) have been identified as a widely patronized source for drugs used in the home treatment of malaria (Breiger et al, 2001; Goodman, et al, 2007; Salako et al, 2001). Inadequate or poor knowledge and practices in the use of anti-malaria drugs (AMDs) increases morbidity and mortality, undermines therapeutic efficacy, and promotes the emergence and spread of drugresistant malaria. Aim: The aim of the study was to describe and quantify the knowledge and self-reported practices of PMVs in the use of antimalarials, particularly artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), in a poor urban community in Lagos state, Nigeria. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.subject | Malaria | en_US |
dc.subject | Patent medicine vendors | en_US |
dc.subject | Over-the-counter drugs | en_US |
dc.subject | Prescription-only medicines | en_US |
dc.subject | Artemisinin-based combination therapy | en_US |
dc.subject | Anti-malaria drug | en_US |
dc.subject | Anti-malaria treatment policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Home management of malaria | en_US |
dc.subject | Nigeria | en_US |
dc.title | Knowledge and practices of patent medicine vendors in the use of artemisinin based combination therapy in the treatment of malaria in an urban community in Lagos | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.description.country | South Africa | |