These medications were either leftovers from previous health facility visits or from chemical shops located in the communities where caregivers reside. They administered these treatments with the hope that it could improve the conditions of their sick children. “The first time we came to the ...
and pharmacies and over the counter medicine seller's shops using purposive sampling technique with the aid of structured questionnaires and observation of practices.Results: Seventy percent of the facilities (n=280) used only malaria RDTs, 29% (n=116) used both malaria and HIV RDTs and 1% ...
In Tanzania, the ready availability of antimalarial medicines from small shops, public and private health facilities enables women to provide symptomatic treatment [28], but here as elsewhere, treatment is often inappropriate and the mortality rate remains high from delays in seeking care and the ...
international migration among the Casamançais remains understudied. Existing scholarly attention has primarily centered on the migrations of the Murid Brotherhood and the Wolof, the primary religious and, respectively, ethnic groups in Senegal, originating from the Senegal...
Using phones and the internet in this manner echoes the privacy provided when medicinal drugs are treated as ‘things’ liberated from medical regulation and specialist oversight and can, as such, be obtained as ‘common commodities … purchased like other daily wares in shops and markets’ ([51...
Others, like poverty, may be visible because they influence or are related to features like housing and neighbourhood environment, the type of vehicles that people use, or even the type of shops32,34,35,36,37,38. Finally, within-city variations in outcomes such as health and crime may be...
AgriCo was awarded the Public Choice Award of the PitchAgriHack competition organized by CTA and it’s partners during the African Green Revolution Forum in Accra, Ghana this year. And Salisu names this as one of his latest achievements since he started entrepreneurship. ...
Women who reported a likely abortion were asked about the timing, method, and source of abortion care. We categorized a likely abortion source as “clinical” if it took place in a public or private facility, while non-clinical sources included pharmacies, chemist shops, and other sources [20...
"I know that if I want to use family planning or buy any of the family planning commodities, I can go to the pharmacy shops. If you have an STI, you can go to the pharmacy, and they may have a small room where you can receive an injection to treat the dis- ease. [Physically ...
aureus was found.64 A similar study conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in a selected number of butcher shops also found inadequate meat quality and microbiological safety.65 Additionally, another study found that cooked meat and fish posed a public health risk in Ethiopia.66 Infection and Drug ...