What does this research mean for the field?

Community pharmacy providers in Lafia, Nigeria, demonstrate high levels of HIV knowledge but exhibit significant gaps in translating this knowledge into optimal service delivery practices, particularly regarding routine counseling and antiretroviral therapy dispensing. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to evaluate the knowledge and service delivery practices related to HIV among community pharmacy providers in Lafia.

June 13, 2026Open Access

HIV Knowledge and Service Delivery Practices Among Community Pharmacy Providers in Lafia, Nasarawa State Author's Information:

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MMMary Mathew*Federal University Lafia ICIhemelandu Lucy ChikadibiaFederal University Lafia DGD. A. GadzamaNile University of Nigeria

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Descriptive cross-sectional study assessing HIV knowledge and service practices among community pharmacists, indicating areas for improvement.

Key Points

The aim is to evaluate the knowledge and service delivery practices related to HIV among community pharmacy providers in Lafia.
Descriptive cross-sectional study with total population sampling (n=23) among licensed community pharmacists.
Data collected using structured self-administered questionnaires.
Descriptive and inferential analyses conducted using SPSS IBM version 26.
95.7% of respondents had good HIV knowledge regarding transmission routes and prevention strategies.
73.9% exhibited good service delivery practices, with 100% providing services to HIV clients.
Only 60.9% conducted routine counseling and 43.5% dispensed Antiretroviral Therapy.

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Mathew* et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2cf62dfaef96ed7f057ef9 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20637692

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Implication

Descriptive cross-sectional study assessing HIV knowledge and service practices among community pharmacists, indicating areas for improvement.