A qualitative study on community use of antibiotics in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resistance to antibiotics is an increasing and major threat to global health. While the large majority of antimicrobial use occurs in the community where antibiotics are available without prescription, we did not find any studies investigating community-level factors influencing the inappropriate use of antibiotics in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where non-prescription antibiotic use is prevalent.

Methods

This qualitative study was conducted from April 1st 2019 to May 5th 2019 and consisting of in-depth semi-structured interviews, utilizing purposive and snowball sampling schemes to recruit adult heads of households in the Pakadjuma slum, in Kinshasa, DRC. Participants with differing medical and educational backgrounds were selected. We employed a thema

SUBMITTER: Shembo AKP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9045656 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature