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 …

Understanding antimicrobial resistance through the lens of antibiotic vulnerabilities in primary health care in rural Malawi

EE MacPherson, J Reynolds, E Sanudi… - Global public …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The diminishing effectiveness of antimicrobials raises serious concerns for human health.
While policy makers grapple to reduce the overuse of antimicrobial medicines to stem the …

[HTML][HTML] Rural South African community perceptions of antibiotic access and use: qualitative evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system site

JA Watkins, F Wagner, FX Gómez-Olivé… - The American Journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Knowledge and practices of rural South African populations with regard to antibiotic access
and use (ABACUS) remain understudied. By using the case of four villages in the north east …

Antibiotic knowledge, attitudes and practices: new insights from cross-sectional rural health behaviour surveys in low-income and middle-income South-East Asia

MJ Haenssgen, N Charoenboon, G Zanello… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are crucial in the global
response to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but diverse health systems, healthcare practices …

Use of antibiotics to treat humans and animals in Uganda: a cross-sectional survey of households and farmers in rural, urban and peri-urban settings

S Nayiga, M Kayendeke, C Nabirye… - JAC-Antimicrobial …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Use of antibiotics to treat humans and animals is increasing worldwide, but
evidence from low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited. We conducted cross …

Antimicrobial resistance among farming communities in Wakiso District, Central Uganda: A knowledge, awareness and practice study

J Muleme, JC Ssempebwa, D Musoke, C Kankya… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Antibiotics are increasingly becoming ineffective as antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) continues to develop and spread globally—leading to more difficult to treat infections …

Every medicine is medicine; exploring inappropriate antibiotic use at the community level in rural Ghana

S Afari-Asiedu, M Hulscher, MA Abdulai… - BMC Public Health, 2020 - Springer
Background Inappropriate antibiotic use is an important driver of antibiotic resistance. This
study sought to explore inappropriate antibiotic use and confusing antibiotics with other …

Knowing antimicrobial resistance in practice: a multi-country qualitative study with human and animal healthcare professionals

M Pearson, C Chandler - Global health action, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global problem. Raising
awareness is central to global and national action plans to address AMR in human and …

A qualitative study on community use of antibiotics in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

AKP Shembo, PM Musumari, K Srithanaviboonchai… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Resistance to antibiotics is an increasing and major threat to global health.
While the large majority of antimicrobial use occurs in the community where antibiotics are …

[HTML][HTML] A cross-sectional survey of practices and knowledge among antibiotic retailers in Nairobi, Kenya

D Muloi, EM Fevre, J Bettridge, R Rono… - Journal of global …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) driven by antibiotic consumption is a growing
global health threat. However, data on antimicrobial consumption patterns in low-and middle …