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.

<p>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). Pa...

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Main Author: Momodu, Rametu Omamegbe.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2704_1271017667