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Table 2 Types of anti-malarial medication stocked by location

From: Stocking pattern for anti-malarial medications among proprietary patent medicine vendors in Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan, Nigeria

Antimalarial

Stock status

Urban n (%)

Rural n (%)

Total

X2

p-value

ACT

 Artemether

Out-of-stock

15 (9.4)

14 (8.8)

29

0.038

0.846

 Lumefantrine

In-stock

145 (90.6)

146 (91.2)

291

 Artesunate

Out-of-stock

159 (99.4)

152 (95.0)

311

5.602

0.018*

 Amodiaquine

In-stock

1 (0.6)

8 (5.0)

9

 Dihydroartemisinin

Out-of-stock

151 (94.4)

152 (95.0)

303

0.062

0.803

 Piperaquine

In-stock

9 (5.6)

8 (5.0)

17

AMT

 Artesunate

Out-of-stock

152 (95.0)

147 (91.9)

299

1.274

0.259

In-stock

8 (6.0)

13 (8.1)

21

 Artemether

Out-of-stock

156 (97.5)

139 (86.9

295

12.540

˂ 0.01*

In-stock

4 (2.5)

21 (13.1)

25

NAMT

 Sulfadoxine

Out-of-stock

8 (5.0)

12 (7.5)

20

0.853

0.356

 Pyrimethamine

In-stock

152 (95.0)

148 (92.5)

300

 Chloroquine

Out-of-stock

146 (91.2)

101 (63.1)

247

35.938

˂ 0.01*

In-stock

14 (8.8)

59 (36.9)

73

 Quinine

Out-of-stock

158 (98.8)

160 (100.0)

318

2.013

0.156

In-stock

2 (1.2)

0

2

 Halofantrine

Out-of-stock

159 (99.4)

157 (98.1)

316

1.013

0.314

In-stock

1 (0.6)

3 (1.9)

4

  1. ACT artemisinin combination therapy, AMT artemisinin monotherapy, NAMT non-artemisinin monotherapy
  2. * Significant p-value