An in-depth study of patent medicine sellers' perspectives on malaria in a rural Nigerian community

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Malaria remains a major cause of mortality among under five children in Nigeria. Most of the early treatments for fever and malaria occur through self-medication with antimalarial drugs bought from medicine sellers. These have led to...

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Main Authors: Okafor Henrietta U, Uzochukwu Benjamin SC, Okeke Theodora A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/5/1/97