Antibiotic use by clinical presentation across all healthcare providers in rural Burkina Faso: a healthcare visit exit survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To guide antibiotic stewardship interventions, understanding for what indications antibiotics are used is essential.

Methods

In rural Burkina Faso, we measured antibiotic dispensing across all healthcare providers. From October 2021 to February 2022, we surveyed patients in Nanoro district, Burkina Faso, following visits to health centres (3), pharmacies (2), informal medicine vendors (5) and inpatients in health centres. We estimated prevalence of antibiotic use and the proportion of Watch group antibiotics by provider type and by clinical presentation, assessing compliance with WHO's AWaRe Antibiotic Book. We estimated per capita antibiotic use by multiplying prevalence of antibiotic use, mean DDD per adult treatment course, and the rate of healthcare visits per

SUBMITTER: Valia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11441991 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature