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Evaluation of Impact of Health Education Intervention on Knowledge and Management of Typhoid Fever among Patent Medicine Vendors in Ebonyi, Nigeria
2025-11-14
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>BACKGROUND Typhoid fever is a disease of public health concern in Nigeria. The incidence rate of typhoid fever in Ebonyi was 309 cases per 100,000 populations in 2018. The patent medicine vendor (PMVs) is a person who sells medicines in Nigeria without formal pharmaceutical education and dispensing training. However, they are licenced to sell only over-the-counter drugs. This study was...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 7c749e5e-4fff-59de-b566-cc4b5905ba37
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7819784/v1
