Trends in reported antibiotic use among children under 5 years of age with fever, diarrhoea, or cough with fast or difficult breathing across low-income and middle-income countries in 2005–17: a systematic analysis of 132 national surveys from 73 countries

Trends in reported antibiotic use among children under 5 years of age with fever, diarrhoea, or cough with fast or difficult breathing across low-income and middle-income countries in 2005–17: a systematic analysis of 132 national surveys from 73 countries

Summary: Background: Global assessments of antibiotic consumption have relied on pharmaceutical sales data that do not measure individual-level use, and are often unreliable or unavailable for low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). To help fill this evidence gap, we compiled data from nati...

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Main Authors: Gbemisola Allwell-Brown, MD, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, PhD, Freddy Eric Kitutu, PhD, Susanne Strömdahl, PhD, Andreas Mårtensson, ProfMD, Emily White Johansson, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X20300796

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