Journal article
The impact of WHO essential medicines policies on inappropriate use of antibiotics
KA Holloway, L Rosella, D Henry
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2016
Abstract
Background: Inappropriate overuse of antibiotics contributes to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), yet policy implementation to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use is poor in low and middle-income countries. Aims: To determine whether public sector inappropriate antibiotic use is lower in countries reporting implementation of selected essential medicines policies. Materials and Methods: Results from independently conducted antibiotic use surveys in countries that did, and did not report implementation of policies to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, were compared. Survey data on four validated indicators of inappropriate antibiotic use and 16 self-reported policy implementation varia..
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Funding Acknowledgements
WHO Geneva funded collection of primary data on medicines policies and creation of the WHO medicines use database. However, WHO had no role in study design, data collection and analysis of secondary data on medicines policies and use, the decision to publish, nor preparation of the manuscript.