Antibiotic prescription from qualified sources for children with fever/cough: cross-sectional study from 59 low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) receive a staggering number of antibiotic prescriptions, many of which are inappropriate. We aimed to explore the proportion of antibiotic prescriptions from qualified sources of children under five who had a fever/cough in the two weeks prior to the survey in LMICs.

Methods

We used data from cross-sectional studies of the latest Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) datasets (n = 43,166) in 59 LMICs covering Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa-West Asia-Europe, Central Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Latin America & the Caribbean regions. The study was conducted from March 2, 2020 to October 15, 2022. We only included the latest available surveys by country, and children under five who had taken antibiotic

SUBMITTER: Hossain MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10331812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature