Open AccessChanges in availability, utilization, and prices of medicines and protection equipment for COVID-19 in an Urban population of Northern Nigeria
Author(s) -
Mainul Haque,
Abdullahi Rabiu Abubakar,
Olayinka O Ogunleye,
Ibrahim Sani,
Israel Abebrese Sefah,
Amanj Kurdi,
Salequl Islam,
Brian Godman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/jrpp.jrpp_20_92
Subject(s) - medicine , misinformation , hydroxychloroquine , economic shortage , personal protective equipment , environmental health , covid-19 , population , pandemic , pharmacy , family medicine , government (linguistics) , linguistics , philosophy , disease , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
Measures are ongoing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and treat it with medicines and personal protective equipment (PPE). However, there has been considerable controversy surrounding treatments such as hydroxychloroquine with misinformation fuelling prices hikes and suicides. Shortages have also appreciably increased costs of PPE, potentially catastrophic among lower- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria with high copayment levels. Consequently, a need to investigate changes in availability, utilization, and prices of relevant medicines and PPE during the pandemic in Nigeria.