Antimicrobial stewardship: fighting antimicrobial resistance and protecting global public health

MAA Majumder, S Rahman, D Cohall… - Infection and drug …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. It increases
morbidity and mortality, and is associated with high economic costs due to its health care …

Antimicrobial resistance in low-and middle-income countries: current status and future directions

G Sulis, S Sayood, S Gandra - Expert review of anti-infective …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Rising rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally continue to pose agrave
threat to human health. Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately …

Anti-corruption, transparency and accountability in health: concepts, frameworks, and approaches

T Vian - Global health action, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: As called for by the Sustainable Development Goals, governments,
development partners and civil society are working on anti-corruption, transparency and …

Drug traceability and transparency in medical supply chain using blockchain for easing the process and creating trust between stakeholders and consumers

SK Panda, SC Satapathy - Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 2021 - Springer
Without a proper mechanism to track and authenticate drugs, both stakeholder and
consumer experience dilemmas. The dilemmas arise between stakeholders and consumers …

Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission

ML Nadimpalli, SJ Marks, MC Montealegre… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge that is expected to
disproportionately burden lower-and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the coming …

The uncertain role of substandard and falsified medicines in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance

S Cavany, S Nanyonga, C Hauk, C Lim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Approximately 10% of antimicrobials used by humans in low-and middle-income countries
are estimated to be substandard or falsified. In addition to their negative impact on morbidity …

Substandard and falsified antibiotics: neglected drivers of antimicrobial resistance?

GA Zabala, K Bellingham, V Vidhamaly, P Boupha… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Objectives Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant global health threat with
substandard and falsified (SF) antibiotics being neglected contributing factors. With their …

Pharmacovigilance in low‐and middle‐income countries: a review with particular focus on Africa

R Kiguba, S Olsson, C Waitt - British journal of clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐and middle‐income countries (LMIC) face unique challenges with regard to the
establishment of robust pharmacovigilance systems capable of generating data to inform …

Establishment of the African Medicines Agency: progress, challenges and regulatory readiness

BM Ncube, A Dube, K Ward - Journal of pharmaceutical policy and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Insufficient access to quality, safe, efficacious and affordable medical products in Africa has
posed a significant challenge to public health for decades. In part, this is attributed to weak …

[HTML][HTML] Falsified and substandard drugs: stopping the pandemic

GML Nayyar, JG Breman, TK Mackey… - The American journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Falsified and substandard medicines are associated with tens of thousands of deaths,
mainly in young children in poor countries. Poor-quality drugs exact an annual economic toll …