Electronic Prescription and Dispensing of Medicines in Nigeria

Affiliations

¹ Provoctoire Research Organization, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
² University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
³ Society of Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴ Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁵ Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ African Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, 5323, Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria.
⁷ Advanced Research Centre, European University of Lefke, Lefke, Northern Cyprus, Turkey.

Gideon S Alex et al. Am J Ther. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 19.

doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001893. Online ahead of print.

¹ Provoctoire Research Organization, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
² University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
³ Society of Family Health, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴ Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria Foundation, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁵ Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁶ African Centre of Excellence for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt, PMB, 5323, Port Harcourt, Choba, Nigeria.
⁷ Advanced Research Centre, European University of Lefke, Lefke, Northern Cyprus, Turkey.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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