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In broad terms, this study has three objectives as listed below:
                                            <div>•	To explore the role of drug sellers in the community in the context of the existing health
</div><div>system in order to identify trigger points for intervention.
</div><div>•	To better understand the business model within which the drug sellers work.
</div><div>•	To identify and measure the relative proportions of healthcare providers, both formal and informal, in the study areas through the use of a short survey and GIS technology.
</div><div><br></div><div>Specific objectives corresponding to each of the general objectives are:
</div><div><br></div><div>Role as drug sellers:
</div><div>•	Understand drug sellers’ treatment practices, costs, incentives, and referral networks
</div><div>•	Explore their role as first line of healthcare providers
</div><div>•	Consider how best to intervene in the institutional structures and social networks within
</div><div>which informal drug sellers operate, with the aim of improving dispensing practices
</div><div><br></div><div>Understanding the business model:
</div><div>•	Explore the role of pharmaceuticals and medical representatives and their impact on the
</div><div>behaviours and practices of drug sellers in the area of sexual and reproductive health and child health
</div><div>•	Examine the entry costs and set up practices of drug sellers
</div><div>Identify and measure proportions of IPs (informal providers):
</div><div>•	Identify both formal and informal providers through GIS mapping of the study area
</div><div>•	Provide relative measure of proportions for both formal and informal providers in the study area, understand location, types of providers in field sites</div><div>
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