Drug sellers' knowledge and practices, and client perspectives after an intervention to improve the quality of safe abortion care outside of formal clinics in Nigeria.

Background: In Nigeria, where abortion is legally restricted, individuals seek medication abortion drugs, including misoprostol, directly from pharmacies or drug sellers. However, knowledge of drug sellers or patent medicine vendors (PMVs) dispensation practices and women's experience with self-management is limited and research suggests poor quality of services. This study assesses the knowledge and practices of PMVs and women's experiences after a harm reduction intervention to improve the provision of medication abortion using misoprostol.