Chioma Stella Ejekam:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7665-0278
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing
– original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Ifeoma Peace Okafor: Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Chimezie Anyakora: Role: Data curationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Ebenezer A. Ozomata: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – original draft
Kehinde Okunade:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-7389
Role: ConceptualizationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Sofela Ezekiel Oridota: Role: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
Jude Nwokike: Role: Funding acquisitionRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Nienke van Rein: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
10
October
2019
Publication date Collection: 2019
Volume: 14
Issue: 10
Electronic Location Identifier: e0208367
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Community Health, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
[2
]
Department of Community Health and Primary care, College of Medicine, University of
Lagos, Akoka Lagos, Nigeria
[3
]
Promoting the Quality of Medicines Program, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention, Rockville,
Maryland, United States of America
[4
]
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos,
Nigeria
Leiden University Medical Center, NETHERLANDS
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors of this manuscript have read the journal's policy and the following competing
interests: CSE, EAO, IPO, KO and SEO are employees of Lagos University Teaching Hospital,
Nigeria. CA and JN are employees of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP)
working on the Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) Program. This does not alter
our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
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Article
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PONE-D-18-32784
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208367
PMC ID: 6786624
PubMed ID: 31600195
SO-VID: edcce167-ac6c-4c26-87cd-35a5eb179b14
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Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006026, United States Pharmacopeia;
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ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7665-0278
Chioma Stella Ejekam
This study was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Mission in Nigeria through the Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) Program of
the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) (awarded to CSE). CSE, EAO, IPO,
KO and SEO are salaried employees of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) provided support in the form of salaries
for authors CA and JN. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific
roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section.
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