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Table 7 Summary of response from the youths on issues concerning access to medicines and health care services by PPMVs

From: An assessment of nursing mothers’ and young people’s access to proprietary and patent medicine vendors’ services in rural communities of south-eastern Nigeria: implication for review of national drug policy

Parameter assessed

Frequency (n = 146)

Percent (%)

Common illness

 Malaria

117

71.3

 Headaches

76

51.2

 Stomach ache

45

30.8

 Cough/cold

36

24.7

 Typhoid

32

21.9

 Body pain/weakness

29

19.9

 Fever

16

11.0

Source of advice/information on medicines

 Parents

68

42.2

 PPMVs

56

38.4

 Friends

33

22.6

 Other health workers

30

20.5

 Doctors

18

12.3

 Relatives

11

7.5

 Media

10

6.8

Commonly used medicines

 Antimalarial

60

41.1

 Paracetamol

56

38.4

 Analgesics

53

36.3

 Antibiotics

50

34.2

 Contraceptives

23

15.8

 Tramadol

22

15.1

 Vitamins

18

12.3

Outcome after accessing care from PPMVs

 Got well

99

67.8

 Got a little better

38

26.0

 No improvement

5

3.4

 Got worse

4

2.7