Journal
EXPERT REVIEW OF PHARMACOECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 1-4Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1586/14737167.2016.1164040
Keywords
Antibiotics; Africa; rational use; Botswana; MURIA
Funding
- VR-Link grant from Swedish Research Council [VR-Link 2013-6710]
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There is a need to improve the rational use of antibiotics across continents including Africa. This has resulted in initiatives in Botswana including treatment guidelines and the instigation of Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (ASPs). The next steps involve a greater understanding of current antibiotic utilization and resistance patterns (AMR). This resulted in a 2-day meeting involving key stakeholders principally from Botswana to discuss key issues including AMR rates as well as ASPs in both the public and private sectors. Following this, the findings will be used to plan future studies across Africa including point prevalence studies. The findings will be presented in July 2016 at the next Medicines Utilization Research in Africa meeting will ideally serve as a basis for planning future pertinent interventional studies to enhance the rational use of antibiotics in Botswana and wider.
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