Setting a realistic AWaRe target for primary care antibiotic use in LMICs

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: bingelbeen@itg.be.
² Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Nanoro, Burkina Faso.
³ Kimpese Health Research Center, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Comment

Brecht Ingelbeen et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;23(2):152-153.

doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00002-6. Epub 2023 Jan 6.

¹ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: bingelbeen@itg.be.
² Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Nanoro, Burkina Faso.
³ Kimpese Health Research Center, Kimpese, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁴ Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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