Tackling antimicrobial resistance across sub-Saharan Africa: Current challenges and implications for the future

B Godman, A Egwuenu, E Wesangula… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a concern as this increases morbidity,
mortality, and costs, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest rates globally. Concerns …

Progress on the national action plan of Pakistan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR): A narrative review and the implications

Z Saleem, B Godman, F Azhar… - Expert review of anti …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to public health. In
2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced a global action plan to tackle AMR in …

Ongoing efforts to improve antimicrobial utilization in hospitals among African countries and implications for the future

Z Saleem, B Godman, A Cook, MA Khan, SM Campbell… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
There are serious concerns with rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across countries
increasing morbidity, mortality and costs. These concerns have resulted in a plethora of …

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic across Africa: current status of vaccinations and implications for the future

OO Ogunleye, B Godman, JO Fadare, S Mudenda… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The introduction of effective vaccines in December 2020 marked a significant step forward in
the global response to COVID-19. Given concerns with access, acceptability, and hesitancy …

Persisting vaccine hesitancy in Africa: the whys, global public health consequences and ways-out—COVID-19 vaccination acceptance rates as case-in-point

EO Njoga, OJ Awoyomi, OS Onwumere-Idolor… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) is the seventh among the WHO's top 10 threats to global public
health, which has continued to perpetuate the transmission of vaccine preventable diseases …

Social media and COVID-19—perceptions and public deceptions of ivermectin, colchicine and hydroxychloroquine: lessons for future pandemics

N Schellack, M Strydom, MS Pepper, CL Herd… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The capacity for social media to influence the utilization of re-purposed medicines to
manage COVID-19, despite limited availability of safety and efficacy data, is a cause for …

Differences in COVID-19 preventive behavior and food insecurity by HIV status in Nigeria

MO Folayan, O Ibigbami, B Brown, M El Tantawi… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
The aim of the study was to assess if there were significant differences in the adoption of
COVID-19 risk preventive behaviors and experience of food insecurity by people living with …

Determinants of the empiric use of antibiotics by general practitioners in South Africa: Observational, analytic, cross-sectional study

SP Guma, B Godman, SM Campbell, O Mahomed - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The overuse of antibiotics is the main driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However,
there has been limited surveillance data on AMR and antibiotic prescribing at a primary …

A framework for the promotion of ethical benefit sharing in health research

A Bedeker, M Nichols, T Allie, T Tamuhla… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
There is an increasing recognition of the importance of including benefit sharing in research
programmes in order to ensure equitable and just distribution of the benefits arising from …

Examining the validity of the drivers of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance scale using Rasch analysis

CW Fan, JS Chen, FM Addo, ES Adjaottor… - Expert review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background To well control the pandemic of COVID-19, herd immunity should be achieved.
However, people, especially those with better physical conditions (eg, young adults), may …