Table 1 Census of patent and proprietary medicine shops in Kaduna and Lagos states, 2018
Characteristics | Number of shops (%) (N = 8318) |
|---|---|
State | Â |
 Kaduna | 4572 (55.0) |
 Lagos | 3746 (45.0) |
Location | Â |
 Urban | 6339 (76.2) |
 Rural | 1979 (23.8) |
Medical training of medicine vendor | Â |
 No medical training | 5973 (71.8) |
 Community health extension worker or community health officer | 1201 (14.4) |
 Nurse or midwife | 797 (9.6) |
 Junior community health extension worker | 133 (1.6) |
 Doctor | 5 (0.1) |
 Other healthcare workers | 209 (2.5) |
Number of support staff* | Â |
 0 | 4180 (50.9) |
 1–3 | 2618 (31.9) |
  ≥ 4 | 1410 (17.2) |