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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Primary care training for patent medicine vendors in rural Nigeria
Social Science and Medicine, Volume 35, No. 12, Year 1992
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The provision of essential drugs and the involvement of various potential and existing health care providers (e.g. teachers and traditional healers) are two important primary health care strategies. One local group that is already actively supplying the medication needs of the community is the patent medicine vendors (PMVs), but the formal health establishment often views their activities with alarm. One way to improve the quality of the PMVs' contribution to primary care is through training, since no formal course is required of them before they are issued a license by government. Primary care training was offered to the 49 members of the Patent Medicine Sellers Association of Igbo-Ora, a small town in western Nigeria. Baseline information was gathered through interview, observation and pre-test. A training committee of Association members helped prioritize training needs and manage training logistics. Thirty-seven members and their apprentices underwent the 8 weekly 2-hr sessions on recognition and treatment (including non-drug therapies) for malaria, diarrhoea, guinea worm, sexually transmitted diseases, respiratory infections, and malnutrition, plus sessions on reading doctor's prescriptions and medication counseling. The group scored significantly higher at post-test and also showed significant gains over a control group of PMVs from another town in the district. The Igbo-Ora experience shows that PMVs can improve their health care knowledge and thus increase their potential value as primary health care team members. © 1992.
Authors & Co-Authors
Oshiname, Frederick Olore
Nigeria, Lagos
Nigeria Drug Enforcement Agency
Brieger, William R.
Nigeria, Ibadan
University of Ibadan
Statistics
Citations: 102
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0277-9536(92)90050-Z
ISSN:
02779536
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Study Locations
Guinea
Nigeria