Practice of self-medication with antimalaria medication and associated factors in a rural setting

What is it about?

The study seeks to determine how common the practice of self-medication with malaria medication is among postpartum mothers and identify factors that determine the practice of antimalarial self-medication among the women living in a rural community in Nigeria

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Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash

Photo by Myriam Zilles on Unsplash

Why is it important?

The importance of the study is to identify high-risk practices that can increase susceptibility to antimalarial resistance as well as drug toxicity in the target population

Perspectives

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The study is important because of the high prevalence of antimicrobial self-medication in low-and-middle-income countries due to increased availability of antimicrobial agents as over-the-counter drugs

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