Hidayah Karuniawati, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, Sri Suryawati, Wan Ismahanisa Ismail et al.
Misuse and overuse of antibiotics are potential causes of the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance (ABR). Having information about the knowledge, attitude, and practices concerning antibiotics use by the public might help control ABR growth. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aimed to i...
Abdullah H Baqui, Samir K. Saha, ASM Nawshad Uddin Ahmed, Mohammad Shahidullah et al.
BACKGROUND: Severe infections remain one of the main causes of neonatal deaths worldwide. Possible severe infection is diagnosed in young infants (aged 0-59 days) according to the presence of one or more clinical signs. The recommended treatment is hospital admission with 7-10 days of injectable ant...
Jessica Mitchell, Paul Cooke, Collins Ahorlu, Abriti Arjyal et al.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a One Health problem underpinned by complex drivers and behaviours. This is particularly so in low - and middle-income countries (LMICs), where social and systemic factors fuel (mis)use and drive AMR. Behavioural change around antimicrobial use could safeguard both ...
Papreen Nahar, Leanne Unicomb, Patricia Jane Lucas, Mohammad Rofi Uddin et al.
BACKGROUND: Over-prescribing and inappropriate use of antibiotics contributes to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Few studies in low and middle-income settings have employed qualitative approaches to examine the drivers of antibiotic sale and dispensing across the full range of healt...
Elisabetta Lambertini, Roberta Piva, Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Ilaria Lampronti et al.
In this study we determined the activity of extracts from Bangladeshi medicinal plants (Emblica officinalis, Aegle marmelos, Vernonia anthelmintica, Oroxylum indicum, Argemone mexicana) on human breast tumor cell lines. Extracts from E. officinalis and O. indicum displayed anti-proliferative activit...
Md. Omar Reza Seam, Rita Bhatta, Bijoy Saha, Abhijit Das et al.
Objectives: To evaluate the perceptions and extent of practicing self-medication among undergraduate pharmacy students. Methods: This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted over a six month period (January to June 2016) among undergraduate pharmacy students in five reputable public...
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun, Shariful Amin Sumon, Istiaque Hasan, Fairoze Masuda Akther et al.
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) are pivotal components of the World Health Organization's Global Action Plan to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). ASPs advocate rational antibiotic usage to enhance patient-centered outcomes. However, existing evidence on ASPs and their dete...
Abdullahel Hadi
OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of management practices for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in improving the competency of community health volunteers in diagnosing and treating acute respiratory infections among children. METHODS: Data were collected by a group of research physicians who observed...
Mainul Haque, Nor Azlina A. Rahman, Judy McKimm, Golam Mohammad Kibria et al.
Background: Self-medication of drugs to alleviate symptoms is a common global behavior, helping relieve burdens on health services, but many drugs eg, antibiotics are prescription-only. Self-medication of antibiotics (SMA) is an irrational use of drugs, contributing to microbial resistance increasin...
Mohitosh Biswas, Debendra Roy, Afsana Tajmim, Sheikh Shahriar Rajib et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics prescribing by physicians have gained due importance across the globe, mainly because of an increase in antibiotic usage, prevalence of infections and drug resistances. The present study is aimed to evaluate the physicians prescribing pattern of antibiotics, their usages by o...
Tabish Hazir, Khadija Begum, Shams El Arifeen, Amira M. Khan et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic treatment for pneumonia as measured by Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is a key indicator for tracking progress in achieving Millennium Development Goal 4. Concerns about the validity of this indicator led us to perform an eva...
Mahfuza Marzan, Dewan Zubaer Islam, Halyna Lugova, Ambigga Krishnapillai et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs, and inappropriate uses lead to the resistance that renders them ineffective. This study aims to understand knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) concerning antibiotic use and resistance among university students in Bangladesh. METHODS: A cross-sectiona...
Benyamin Sihombing, Rajesh Bhatia, Rahul Srivastava, Tjandra Yoga Aditama et al.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) inflicts significant mortality, morbidity and economic loss in the 11 countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR). With technical assistance and advocacy from WHO, all countries have developed their respective National Action Plans on AMR that are aligned with t...
Joseph Paul Hicks, Sophia Latham, Rumana Huque, Mahua Das et al.
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic resistance is a global threat to human health, and inappropriate use of antibiotics in humans and animals is widely considered to be a key driver of antibiotic resistant infections. Antibiotic use in humans and animals is growing rapidly in low- and, particularly, middle-incom...
Kumar Bishwajit Sutradhar
Aims: Antibiotic resistance is one of the widely recognized public health challenges in Bangladesh. The present study was aimed to analyze the current status of irrational use of antibiotics in rural Bangladesh and to explore the views from both physicians' and patients' perspective. Study Design: P...