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. 2017 Sep 5:358:j2291.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.j2291.

Antibiotic use in South East Asia and policies to promote appropriate use: reports from country situational analyses

Kathleen Anne Holloway  1   2   3 , Anita Kotwani  3 , Gitanjali Batmanabane  4 , Monika Puri  5 , Klara Tisocki  5
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Antibiotic use in South East Asia and policies to promote appropriate use: reports from country situational analyses

Kathleen Anne Holloway et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Kathleen Holloway and colleagues discuss findings from a rapid assessment of antibiotic use and policies undertaken by South East Asian countries to drive further actions to reduce inappropriate use

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests, and declare that all five authors were recruited by WHO to facilitate one or more country situational analyses and one or more of the meetings described in the manuscript. KAH is a former regional adviser in essential drugs and other medicines at WHO/SEARO. WHO/SEARO funded all the situational analyses.

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Fig 1 Median (25th to 75th centiles) percentage of outpatients prescribed antibiotics across all surveyed public primary care facilities in eight South East Asian countries)
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Fig 2 Median (25th to 75th centiles) percentage of patients with upper respiratory tract infection prescribed antibiotics across all surveyed public primary care facilities in eight South East Asian countries
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