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The Private Sector Market for Diarrhea Treatment in Nigeria

This assessment informs the development of a comprehensive scale-up plan for ORS and Zinc by identifying the main barriers to increasing accessibility and uptake of appropriate diarrhea treatments through Nigeria’s private healthcare delivery sector. In particular, barriers to access and uptake were assessed at the levels of supply, distribution, and sale of treatments. Desk reviews of existing research were supplemented by analyses of population-based data and interviews with key informants in the diarrhea treatment and pharmaceutical sectors.