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028			_b Phone: +255 28 298 3384
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028			_b Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz
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100			_aWalter L Fuller _945887
245			_a Gaps in Implementation of National Government Programme for Sustainable Antimicrobial Use in Africa
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania: _b Frontiers & _b Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando]
300			_a Pages 17
490			_vFrontiers in Antibiotics
520			_aAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a leading global health and economic threat of the 21st century, with Africa bearing the greatest burden of mortality from drug-resistant infections. Optimization of use of antimicrobials is a core strategic element of the response to AMR addressing misuse and overuse as primary drivers. Effectively, this requires whole society comprising not only healthcare professionals, but also the public as well as government, engaged in a bottom-up and top-down fashion. We determined progress by Africa national governments in optimising antimicrobial drug use. September 2021-June 2022, all 47 WHO AFRO member states were invited to participate in the survey determining implementation of strategies to optimize antimicrobial use (AMU). We used the WHO antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) assessment tool: National Core Elements - A checklist to guide the country in
700			_a Aaron O Aboderin _945888
700			_a Alli Yahaya _945889
700			_a Adeyemi T Adeyemo _945890
700			_a Laetitia Gahimbare _945891
700			_aOtridah Kapona _945892
700			_a Omotayo T Hamzat _945893
700			_aOumar Bassoum _945894
856			_uhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=Ahtnxt8AAAAJ&cstart=200&pagesize=100&citation_for_view=Ahtnxt8AAAAJ:a3BOlSfXSfwC
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