Antibiotic stories: a mixed-methods, multi-country analysis of household antibiotic use in Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe.
Justin DixonEleanor Elizabeth MacPhersonSusan NayigaSalome ManyauChristine NabiryeMiriam KayendekeEsnart SanudiAlex NkaombePortia MarekeKenny SitoleColl de Lima HutchisonJohn BradleyShunmay YeungRashida Abbas FerrandSham LalChrissy H RobertsEdward W GreenLaurie Denyer WillisSarah G StaedkeClare I R ChandlerPublished in: BMJ global health (2021)
Our findings challenge the predominant focus of stewardship frameworks on the practices of antibiotic end users. We suggest future interventions could consider systems-rather than individuals-as stewards of antibiotics, reducing the need to rely on these medicines to fix other issues of inequity, productivity and security.