'They eat it like sweets': A mixed methods study of antibiotic perceptions and their use among patients, prescribers and pharmacists in a district hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Doris Burtscher Rafael Van den BerghMasood NasimGbane MahamaSokhieng AuAnita WilliamsAbdul SattarSuzanne PenfoldCatherine Van OverloopSahar Bajis

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Findings highlight the need for strategies to improve awareness and knowledge of the general public, improve practice of doctors and pharmacists, regulate antibiotic dispensing in private pharmacies, and implement antibiotic stewardship in hospitals.

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