Background Antimicrobial self-medication is common in most low and middle income
countries (LMICs). However there has been no systematic review on non-prescription …

Objective To evaluate and compare the prevalence, reasons, sources and factors
associated with self‐medication with antibiotics (SMA) within Africa. Methods Systematic …

Background In developing countries like Bangladesh, self-medication has become a
predicament associated with health risks and clinical complications. To date, no studies …

Background Self-medication is a public health concern that may create several problems
such as increase in drug resistance, raise in drug use per capita, and creating side effects …

Background Self-medication practice (SMP) is the use of medication without the prescription
of health care professionals. The major problems associated with self-medication practice …

Benefits of antibiotics are threatened by the self-medication, people's lack of knowledge and
inappropriate use of antibiotics, especially in developing countries. This study was designed …

Self-medication is of great public health importance as it often bypasses regulatory
mechanisms to assure quality of health care. Nevertheless there are no established …

Abstract Background Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria have emerged as major
clinical and therapeutic dilemma in hospitals in Ghana. To describe the prevalence and …

Background Inappropriate use of antibiotics in the community plays a role in the emergence
and spread of bacteria resistant to antibiotics which threatens human health significantly …

Background: Nowadays self-medication is one of the most common public health issues in
many countries, as well as in Iran. According to need to epidemiological information about …