Understanding antimicrobial use in subsistence farmers in Chikwawa District Malawi, implications for public awareness campaigns.

ABSTRACT: Drug resistant infections are increasing across the world and urgent action is required to preserve current classes of antibiotics. Antibiotic use practices in low-and-middle-income countries have gained international attention, especially as antibiotics are often accessed beyond the formal health system. Public awareness campaigns have gained popularity, often conceptualising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a problem of excess, precipitated by irrational behaviour. Insufficient attention has been paid to people's lived experiences of accessing medicines in low-income contexts. In Chikwawa District, Malawi, a place of extreme scarcity, our study aimed to understand the care and medicine use practices of households dependent on subsistence farming. Adopting an anthropological approach, we

SUBMITTER: MacPherson EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021458 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature