Availability of Access, Watch, and Reserve groups of essential antibiotics: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lower-middle income countries face drastic challenges in Access to essential medicines. Data regarding Pakistan is scarce with no comprehensive study in this regard. The objectives of the study are to document and compare public and private sector availability of all essential antibiotics as well as to conduct a comparison among the AWaRe groups.

Methods

The study analyzed 103 essential antibiotics comprising 51 Access, 29 Watch, 6 Reserve, and 17 anti-tuberculosis drugs from 15^th August to 10^th September 2020 in Lahore, Pakistan. It included on-spot physical availability and availability trend surveys. The survey sites included five public tertiary care hospitals with one as anchor and four randomly selected. Their hospital pharmacies and on

SUBMITTER: Rafi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10794303 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature