Patent Medicine Sellers: How Can They Help Control Childhood Malaria?

Table 2

Appropriateness of doses of antimalarials used by patent medicine sellers in treatment of malaria.

Drug	% PMS who used inappropriate doses			% PMS who used appropriate doses
	% Under-dose	% Over-dose	% Total incorrect	% Total correct
Chloroquine	23.2	50.6	73.8	26.3
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine	19.2	34.6	53.8	46.2
Halofantrine	40.0	0.0	40.0	60.0
Quinine	100.0	0.0	100.0	0.0