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

Journal Article
Published on
byElsevier

Abstract

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.

Citation

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.

Authors

  • Dunlea, T.
  • Richards, Shauna
  • Lembo, T.

Related Publications

Knowledge and practices related to antibiotics among poultry producers and veterinarians in two Indian states

  • Sharma, Garima
  • Dey, Tushar
  • Hazarika, R.A.
  • Shome, B.R.
  • Shome, R.
  • Singh, V.P.
  • Deka, Ram P.
  • Grace, Delia
  • Lindahl, Johanna F.

Determinants of animal disease and nontherapeutic antibiotic use on smallholder livestock farms

  • Emes, E.
  • Kagambèga, A.
  • Dione, Michel M.

"Arming half-baked people with weapons!" Information enclaving among professionals and the need for a care-centred model for antibiotic use information in Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi

  • Nayiga, S.
  • MacPherson, E.E.
  • Mankhomwa, J.
  • Nasuwa, F.
  • Pongolani, R.
  • Kabuleta, R.
  • Kesby, M.
  • Dacombe, R.
  • Hilton, S.
  • Grace, Delia
  • Feasey, N.
  • Chandler, C.I.R.

Antibiotic use on Kenya’s dairy farms is putting consumers and animals at risk

  • Muloi, Dishon M.
  • Moodley, Arshnee

Metagenomic characterization of poultry cloacal and oropharyngeal swabs in Kenya reveals bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance genes

  • Panyako, P.M.
  • Ommeh, S.C.
  • Kuria, S.N.
  • Lichoti, J.K.
  • Musina, J.
  • Nair, V.
  • Nene, Vishvanath
  • Munir, M.
  • Oyola, Samuel O.

Canine Staphylococcaceae circulating in a Kenyan animal shelter

  • Akarsu, H.
  • Liljander, Anne M.
  • Lacasta, Anna
  • Ssajjakambwe, P.
  • Brodard, I.
  • Cherbuin, J.D.R.
  • Torres-Puig, S.
  • Perreten, V.
  • Kuhnert, P.
  • Labroussaa, F.
  • Jores, Joerg