Drivers of informal sector and non-prescription medication use in pediatric populations in a low- and middle-income setting: A prospective cohort study in Zambia.

ABSTRACT: Obtaining medication from the informal sector is common in low- and middle- income countries. Informal sector use increases the risk for inappropriate medication use, including inappropriate antibiotic usage. Infants are at the highest risk of complications from inappropriate medication use, yet there is insufficient knowledge about the risk factors driving caregivers to obtain medication from the informal sector for young children. We aimed to define infant and illness characteristics associated with use of medication purchased in the informal sector for infants up to fifteen months of age in Zambia. We used data from, a prospective cohort study (ROTA-biotic) conducted among 6 weeks to 15 months old children in Zambia, which is nested within an ongoing phase III rotavirus vaccine trial (C

SUBMITTER: Wildbret S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10325117 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature