Are patent medicine vendors effective agents in malaria control? Using lot quality assurance sampling to assess quality of practice in Jigawa, Nigeria.

Sima Berendes; Olusegun Adeyemi; Edward Adekola Oladele; Olusola Bukola Oresanya; Festus Okoh; Joseph Valadez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044775

Are patent medicine vendors effective agents in malaria control? Using lot quality assurance sampling to assess quality of practice in Jigawa, Nigeria.

Sima Berendes
, Olusegun Adeyemi
, Edward Adekola Oladele
, Olusola Bukola Oresanya
, Festus Okoh
, Joseph Valadez

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There is urgent need to regularly monitor and improve the availability and quality of malaria treatment provided by medicine sellers in Nigeria; the irrational use of antimalarials in the ACT era revealed in this study bears a high risk of economic loss, death and development of drug resistance. LQAS has been shown to be a suitable method for monitoring malaria-related indicators among PMV, and should be applied in Nigeria and elsewhere to improve service delivery.

Original language	English
Article number	e44775
Pages (from-to)	e44775
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	7
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044775
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2012

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