Title:
Factors Contributing to Self-Medication of Antibiotics in the Context of Afghanistan
Authors:
Bahamish, Tamer Ahmed Ali
Place:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Publisher:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute [etc.]
Year:
2022
PAGE:
XLVII,47
Language:
En
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
Self-medication, Antibiotics, Antimicrobial resistance, Antibiotic resistance, Afghanistan.
Abstract:
Afghanistan is a landlocked country that has gone through conflicts over the last three decades. In 2003, health system reconstruction started by introducing the basic package of health services. Self-medication of antibiotics is a public health problem in Afghanistan. The prevalence of self-medication of antibiotics (SMA) is 73% higher than in many low-and-middleincome countries. SMA increases antimicrobial resistance, thus, threatening the possibility of treating infectious diseases in the future in Afghanistan, where infectious diseases form 46% of the burden of diseases
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute , VU - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Institute:
KIT (Royal Tropical Institute)
Department:
Development, Policy and Practice
Country:
Afghanistan
Region:
Central Asia
Training:
Master of Public Health/International Course in Health Development (MPH/ICHD)
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2022 Bahamish
Document type:
Thesis/dissertation
File:
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