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Vendor-to-Vendor Education to Improve Malaria Treatment by the Private Sector: A "How-To" Manual for District Managers

Private vendors, rather than government facilities or even government-monitored facilities, are most frequently the source for medicine to treat malaria. Unfortunately, however, these vendors are often not well informed with regard to government-specified medication or dosage. This guide was written for district health management teams wanting to work with private vendors to improve vendor practices. It explains how to equip wholesale vendors with job aids to communicate treatment guidelines to retailers. Retailers would then inform patients and patient caretakers of proper treatment. Activities/tools: Eight-step vendor-to-vendor process; data collection, including mystery shoppers; job aids; agreement forms; training vendors; monitoring; and tools for implementing the program.