Optimising community antibiotic use and infection control with behavioural interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DR Congo Institute of Tropical Medicine
Department of Public Health, Management, Inst Res Hlth Sci IRSS URCN, Clin Res Unit, Institut Pasteur, University of Cambridge, University of Antwerp, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé - Clinical Trial Unit of Nanoro (IRSS-CRUN), Nanoro, Burkina Faso., Centre de Recherche Sanitaire de Kimpese, Public Health, Department of Public Health
Emergence of antibiotic resistance (AMR) is a serious concern for Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Unregulated use of antibiotics, a major AMR driver, is highly prevalent in LMICs, with medicine stores as key providers. Physical interactions between One Health compartments increase cross-domain transmission risks, although the relative importance of different reservoirs is uncertain, with community-level dynamics of AMR in LMICs largely ...