Knowledge and recommendation of oral rehydration solution and zinc for management of childhood diarrhoea among patent and proprietary medicine vendors in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

• Auteurs principaux: Emmanuel Firima (Auteur), Birger Forsberg (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
• Accès en ligne: Connect to this object online.

## Background In Nigeria, where patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) provide care in 55% of common paediatric illnesses, child deaths from diarrhoeal diseases stands at 104000; 14% of total all-cause child mortality. Our aim was to investigate PPMVs knowledge of presentation, cause, treat...