Summary Background and Aims Inappropriate drug prescribing has increased especially in
developing countries where systems for monitoring medicine use are not well developed …

Background: Overuse of antibiotics is a common problem in health care, which leads to
unnecessary expenditure on drugs, raised risk of adverse reactions, and the development of …

Introduction: irrational or inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is a major problem in
healthcare and leads to antibiotic resistance. There is the need to understand the …

Introduction: A major challenge to the provision of health care worldwide is the irrational use
of antibiotics. To help promote rational use of drugs, standard treatment guidelines (STG) …

Objective: Even though antibiotic resistance is one of the most serious threats to global
public health, it is becoming more common due to inappropriate antibiotic prescribing …

Background. Knowledge of antibiotic prescribing practice in primary care in South Africa is
limited. As 80% of human antibiotic use is in primary care, this knowledge is important in …

Background Antibiotic use requires regular monitoring to prevent emergence of antibiotic
resistance. Objectives To assess antibiotic prescribing patterns at health care facilities (HCF) …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization estimates that over 50% medicines are
prescribed inappropriately and the main driver of antimicrobial resistance globally. There …

objectives To assess the quality of nurses' prescribing through an assessment of their
prescription in relation to diagnosis, and to investigate trends in drug use in Botswana …

Setting: A district hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF). Objectives: To assess antibiotic prescribing practices in the out-patient department in …