'They eat it like sweets': A mixed methods study of antibiotic perceptions and their use among patients, prescribers and pharmacists in a district hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health threat. In Afghanistan, high levels of indiscriminate antibiotic use exist, and healthcare programmes are not informed by understanding of local attitudes towards rational antibiotic use. Médecins Sans Frontières is an international non-governmental organization providing healthcare services to the Ahmad Shah Baba (ASB) District Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, since 2009. This mixed-methods study aimed to explore the perceptions and attitudes toward antibiotics among patients, prescribers, and pharmacists in the ASB District hospital outpatient department.

Methods and findings

Knowledge of antibiotics including their purpose and function, how and why they are used, and drivers for choice of antibiotic was examined a

SUBMITTER: Burtscher D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8604360 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature