Executive summary Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing …

Objective To estimate the proportion of over-the-counter antibiotic requests or consultations
that resulted in non-prescription supply of antibiotics in community pharmacies globally …

Methods: PUBMED was used to identify primary research, systematic reviews, and narrative
reviews published before Jan 2017. Search terms included antibiotic resistance …

Executive summary Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented, and cured. Rapid, sustained
declines in tuberculosis deaths in many countries during the past 50 years provide …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global challenge. Developing countries are more
vulnerable to the consequences of AMR than developed nations because of complex issues …

Despite the high coverage of directly observed treatment short-course (DOTS), tuberculosis
(TB) continues to affect 10.4 million people each year, and kills 1.8 million. High TB mortality …

Introduction: Antibiotics are indispensable to maintaining human health; however, their
overuse has resulted in resistant organisms, increasing morbidity, mortality and costs …

Background Understanding the amount of tuberculosis managed by the private sector in
India is crucial to understanding the true burden of the disease in the country, and thus …

Background India has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). Although most patients with
TB in India seek care from the private sector, there is limited evidence on quality of TB care …

Antibiotic resistance still remains a major global public health problem and the dispensing of
antibiotics without a prescription at community pharmacies is an important driver of this …