- Title
- Stocking Practices of Anti-Tuberculosis Medications among Community Pharmacists and Patent Proprietary Medicine Vendors in Two States in Nigeria
- Creator
- Adepoju, Abiola Victor
- Creator
- Ademola, Adelekan
- Creator
- Oladimeji, Olanrewaju
- Subject
- Tuberculosis
- Subject
- Patent medicine vendors
- Subject
- Community pharmacists
- Subject
- Anti-TB medication
- Subject
- Stocking
- Subject
- Dispensing
- Subject
- Fixed-dose combination
- Date Issued
- 2023/02
- Date
- 2023/02
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/13378
- Identifier
- vital:78665
- Identifier
- DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11040584
- Description
- Background: Evidence has shown that non-fixed-dose combination (non-FDC) anti-TB drugs could promote the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). We aimed to determine anti-TB medication stocking and dispensing practices among patent medicine vendors (PMVs) and community pharmacists (CPs) and their determinants. Method: This was a cross-sectional study using a structured, self-administered questionnaire among 405 retail outlets (322 PMVs and 83 CPs) across 16 Lagos and Kebbi local government areas (LGAs) between June 2020 and December 2020. Data were analyzed with Statistical Program for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows version 17 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). Chi-square test and binary logistic regression were used to assess the determinants of anti-TB medication stocking practices at a p-value of 0.05 or less for statistical significance. Results: Overall, 91%, 71%, 49%, 43% and 35% of the respondents reported stocking loose rifampicin, streptomycin, pyrazinamide, isoniazid and ethambutol tablets, respectively...
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Healthcare
- Relation
- Adepoju, V.A.; Adelekan, A.; Oladimeji, O. Stocking Practices of Anti-Tuberculosis Medications among Community Pharmacists and Patent Proprietary Medicine Vendors in Two States in Nigeria. Healthcare 2023, 11, 584. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/healthcare11040584
- Relation
- Healthcare 11 vol 4 1 13 2023 10.3390/healthcare11040584
- Rights
- ©2023, authors
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