Tackling antimicrobial resistance across sub-Saharan Africa: Current challenges and implications for the future

B Godman, A Egwuenu, E Wesangula… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a concern as this increases morbidity,
mortality, and costs, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest rates globally. Concerns …

Vulnerability and antimicrobial resistance

A Broom, M Peterie, K Kenny, J Broom… - Critical Public …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
It is now well-recognised that antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or the ability of organisms to
resist currently available antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs, represents one of the …

Understanding antimicrobial use in subsistence farmers in Chikwawa District Malawi, implications for public awareness campaigns

EE MacPherson, J Reynolds, E Sanudi… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Drug resistant infections are increasing across the world and urgent action is required to
preserve current classes of antibiotics. Antibiotic use practices in low-and-middle-income …

Cycles of antibiotic use and emergent antimicrobial resistance in the South African tuberculosis programme (1950-2021): A scoping review and critical reflections on …

R Raad, J Dixon, M Gorsky, G Hoddinott - Global public health, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The emergent threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has resulted in debates around the
use and preservation of effective antimicrobials. Concerns around AMR reflect a history of …

Reconciling imperatives: Clinical guidelines, antibiotic prescribing and the enactment of good care in lower-level health facilities in Tororo, Uganda

S Nayiga, L Denyer Willis, SG Staedke… - Global public …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Faced with the threat of antimicrobial resistance, health workers are urged to reduce
unnecessary prescription of antimicrobials. Clinical guidelines are expected to form the …

“Arming half-baked people with weapons!” Information enclaving among professionals and the need for a care-centred model for antibiotic use information in Uganda …

S Nayiga, EE MacPherson, J Mankhomwa… - Global Health …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The overuse of antimicrobial medicines is a global health concern, including as
a major driver of antimicrobial resistance. In many low-and middle-income countries, a …

Cross-sectional health centre and community-based evaluation of the impact of pneumococcal and malaria vaccination on antibiotic prescription and usage, febrile …

D Singleton, A Ibarz-Pavon, TD Swarthout… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Vaccination is a potentially critical component of efforts to arrest development
and dissemination of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), though little is known about …

Wars and sweets: microbes, medicines and other moderns in and beyond the (ir) antibiotic era

C Hutchison - Medical Humanities, 2022 - mh.bmj.com
Once upon a time, many of us moderns dreamt that our future was bright, squeaky clean,
germ-free. Now, we increasingly fear that bacterial resistance movements and hordes of …

Health seeking behaviour for acute respiratory illness among adults in rural Malawi: implication to emerging respiratory infections surveillance

TSJ Wu, MS Kumwanje, Y Nyasulu, JJ Kaasbøll… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background: Emerging respiratory infections threaten the global population, especially as
we are experiencing the COVID-19 Pandemic. Such novel respiratory infections usually …

Household antibiotic use in Malawi: a cross-sectional survey from urban and peri-urban Blantyre

EE MacPherson, J Mankhomwa, J Dixon… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant threat to public health. Use of antibiotics,
particularly in contexts where weaker regulatory frameworks make informal access easier …