Acta Scientific MEDICAL SCIENCES (ISSN: 2582-0931) Volume 6 Issue 10 October 2022 Clients and Health Workers’ Perception of Community Pharmacy Based Anti-retroviral Therapy Model in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria Fabian Yilshal Agwo, Yohanna Kambai Avong and Gesa Adonis Akaa* Department of Pharmacy, Nyanya General Hospital, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria *Corresponding Author: Gesa Adonis Akaa, Department of Pharmacy, Nyanya General Hospital, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Research Article Received: August 29, 2022 Published: September 27, 2022 © All rights are reserved by Gesa Adonis Akaa., et al. Abstract Background: The quality of healthcare can easily be measured through clients’ satisfaction. There is paucity of data with regards to clients’ and health workers’ satisfaction with a community pharmacy antiretroviral therapy (Co-Pharm) model in Nigeria. Objective: We assessed clients’ and health workers’ perception and knowledge of community pharmacy anti-retroviral therapy model in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nigeria. Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey of clients’ and health workers’ perception and knowledge of a Co-Pharm model conducted in eight community pharmacies and four General Hospitals offering antiretroviral therapy (ART) services in the FCT-Abuja, from January 2018 - July 2018. A self-administered structured questionnaire, consisting of 17 variables was applied. Summary statistics and student T-test were applied using the statistical package for social sciences SPPS. Results: We included 382 clients and 55 health workers in the analysis. Majority of the participants fall within the age range of 30 - 49 years and were majorly graduate who are self-employed. Majority of the clients [309 (81%)] were highly satisfied with the model and almost all the healthcare workers [46 (84%)] said they were aware of the model and would refer patients to the community pharmacies. Conclusion: Clients and health workers have a positive perception of services and are satisfied with the ART Co-Pharm model utili- zation. Keywords: Antiretroviral Therapy (ART); Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Nigeria DOI: 10.31080/ASMS.2022.06.1380 Introduction The quality of healthcare can easily be measured through cli- ents’ satisfaction. There is paucity of data with regards to clients’ and health workers’ satisfaction with a community pharmacy anti- retroviral therapy (Co-Pharm.) model in Nigeria. For nearly three decades, hospitals have been the only source of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for many people living with HIV/ AIDS [1]. The World Health Organisation is promoting the use of community based ART in a global strategy to end HIV/AIDs by 2030. Citation: Gesa Adonis Akaa., et al. “Clients and Health Workers’ Perception of Community Pharmacy Based Anti-retroviral Therapy Model in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria". Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 6.10 (2022): 47-50.