Current rates of purchasing of antibiotics without a prescription across sub-saharan Africa; rationale and potential programmes to reduce inappropriate dispensing and resistance.
Tiyani Milta SonoEugene YeikaAislinn CookAubrey KalungiaSylvia A OpangaJoseph Elikem Efui AcolatseIsrael Abebrese SefahAna Golić JelićStephen CampbellGiulia LorenzettiZia Ui MustafaVanda Marković-PekovićAmanj KurdiBene D Anand ParamadhasGodfrey Mutashambara RwegereraAdefolarin A AmuMobolaji Eniola AlabiEvelyn WesangulaMargaret OlukaFelix KhuluzaIbrahim ChikoweJoseph O FadareOlayinka O OgunleyeDan KibuuleEster HangoNatalie SchellackNishana RamdasAmos MasseleSteward MudendaIris HoxhaCatrin E MooreBrian B GodmanJohanna C MeyerPublished in: Expert review of anti-infective therapy (2023)
ASP activities need accelerating among community pharmacies alongside quality targets, with greater monitoring of pharmacists' activities to reduce inappropriate dispensing. Such activities, alongside educating patients and HCPs, should enhance appropriate dispensing of antibiotics and reduce AMR.