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dc.contributor.advisorBradley, Hazel
dc.contributor.authorMomodu, Rametu Omamegbe
dc.contributor.otherSchool of Public Health
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Community and Health Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-21T17:52:24Z
dc.date.available2010/04/11 22:27
dc.date.available2010/04/11
dc.date.available2013-11-21T17:52:24Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/2423
dc.descriptionMagister Public Health - MPHen_US
dc.description.abstractMalaria 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.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectMalariaen_US
dc.subjectPatent medicine vendorsen_US
dc.subjectOver-the-counter drugsen_US
dc.subjectPrescription-only medicinesen_US
dc.subjectArtemisinin-based combination therapyen_US
dc.subjectAnti-malaria drugen_US
dc.subjectAnti-malaria treatment policyen_US
dc.subjectHome management of malariaen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleKnowledge and practices of patent medicine vendors in the use of artemisinin based combination therapy in the treatment of malaria in an urban community in Lagosen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa


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