Tackling antimicrobial resistance: developing and implementing antimicrobial stewardship interventions in four African commonwealth countries through a health partnership model [PDF]
Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2023 In recent years, health partnerships have shared infection prevention and control innovations between United Kingdom hospitals and Low-Middle-Income Countries.
Diane Ashiru-Oredope +21 more
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Scoping Review of National Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities in Eight African Countries and Adaptable Recommendations [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health problem threatening safe, effective healthcare delivery in all countries and settings. The ability of microorganisms to become resistant to the effects of antimicrobials is an inevitable evolutionary ...
Nduta Kamere +20 more
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Exploring the Antimicrobial Stewardship Educational Needs of Healthcare Students and the Potential of an Antimicrobial Prescribing App as an Educational Tool in Selected African Countries [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2022 Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health threat and one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. AMR contributes to 700,000 deaths annually and more deaths, as many as 10 million are projected to happen by 2050.
Omotola Ogunnigbo +6 more
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Practical Pharmacist-Led Interventions to Improve Antimicrobial Stewardship in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2021 The World Health Organisation (WHO) and others have identified, as a priority, the need to improve antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions as part of the effort to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Frances Kerr +22 more
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Scoping of pharmacists’ health leadership training needs for effective antimicrobial stewardship in Africa [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2023 Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health concern currently mitigated by antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). Pharmacists are strategically placed to lead AMS actions that contribute to responsible use of antimicrobials; however ...
Ifunanya Ikhile +17 more
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Improving Access to Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines in 4 African Countries: Development and Pilot Implementation of an App and Cross-Sectional Assessment of Attitudes and Behaviour Survey of Healthcare Workers and Patients [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2020 Smartphone apps have proven to be an effective and acceptable resource for accessing information on antimicrobial prescribing. The purpose of the study is to highlight the development and implementation of a smartphone/mobile app (app) for antimicrobial ...
Omotayo Olaoye +8 more
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A Hybrid Type II Hub-and-Spoke Model Evaluation Framework in the Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme—A Study Protocol [PDF]
AntibioticsIntroduction: The hub-and-spoke model (HSM) offers a methodological and hierarchical project management framework for efficient healthcare service delivery.
Ayesha Iqbal +5 more
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Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Utilization in Ghana’s Premier Hospital: Implications for Antimicrobial Stewardship [PDF]
Antibiotics, 2021 The first comprehensive point prevalence survey at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) was performed as part of the 2019 Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) on antimicrobials.
Daniel Ankrah +16 more
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Needs assessment and impact of COVID-19 on pharmacy professionals in 31 commonwealth countries [PDF]
Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 2020 Background The declaration of COVID-19 a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020 marked the beginning of a global health crisis of an unprecedented nature and scale.
Diane Ashiru-Oredope +5 more
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Global resilience and new strategies needed for antimicrobial stewardship during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. [PDF]
J Am Coll Clin Pharm, 2022 Abstract Resilience is having the ability to respond to adversity proactively and resourcefully. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic's profound impact on antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASP) requires clinicians to call on their own resilience to manage the demands of the pandemic and the disruption of ASP activities.
Goff DA +14 more
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