Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges

To address the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis, governments around the world have created action plans to optimize antimicrobial use (AMU). These plans include antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) that encompasses educational programs for healthcare workers. We discuss these programs in sub-Saharan...

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Autores principales: Dunlea, T., Richards, Shauna, Lembo, T.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128655
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description To address the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis, governments around the world have created action plans to optimize antimicrobial use (AMU). These plans include antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) that encompasses educational programs for healthcare workers. We discuss these programs in sub-Saharan Africa, including the opportunities and challenges arising from a highly constrained healthcare environment.
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spelling CGSpace1286552023-12-08T19:36:04Z Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges Dunlea, T. Richards, Shauna Lembo, T. antimicrobial resistance health To address the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis, governments around the world have created action plans to optimize antimicrobial use (AMU). These plans include antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) that encompasses educational programs for healthcare workers. We discuss these programs in sub-Saharan Africa, including the opportunities and challenges arising from a highly constrained healthcare environment. 2023-03 2023-02-10T14:26:57Z 2023-02-10T14:26:57Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128655 en Limited Access Elsevier Dunlea, T., Richards, S. and Lembo, T. 2023. Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges. Trends in Microbiology 31(3): 215–218.
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Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges
title Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges
title_full Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges
title_fullStr Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges
title_short Healthcare provider-focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges
title_sort healthcare provider focused antimicrobial stewardship in sub saharan africa opportunities and challenges
topic antimicrobial resistance
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