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Pharmacists' practices for non-prescribed antibiotic dispensing in Mozambique

Torres, Neusa F; Solomon, Vernon P; Middleton, Lyn E.
Pharm. pract. (Granada, Internet); 18 (3), 2020
Background: Antibiotics are the most frequently used medicines worldwide with most of the countries defining these as prescription-only medicines. Though, dispensing non-prescribed antibiotics represent one of the chief causal factors to the irrational use of antibiotics that paves the way to the develop...
Mozambique, Self Medication/ethics, Drug Misuse, Nonprescription Drugs, Practice Patterns, Pharmacists'/ethics, Health Risk Behaviors/drug effects
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antibiotic use in Maputo City, Mozambique

Mate, Inocêncio; Come, charlotte elizabeth; Goncalves, maria patrıcia; Cliff, julie; Samo Gudo, eduardo.
PLos ONE; 14 (8), 2019
Background Irrational use of antibiotics is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa, where the risk of spread of AMR is highest, lacks data on the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding antibiotic prescription and use. This is the first study in Mozambique toa...
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Logistic Models, Mozambique, Nonprescription Drugs/therapeutic use
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Avaliação da Prevalência da Auto-Medicação e Factores Associados a Sua Prática na Cidade de Maputo

Mahomed, Zaida.
Self-medication is recognised as an important public health problem as studies carried out in different countries have been reporting higher prevalence rates. Although self-medication in Mozambique has been perceived as a common practice, few studies have been undertaken to ascertain the degree of preval...
Analgesics, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Self Medication, Disease, Ego, Pharmacy, Nonprescription Drugs, Perception, Persons, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Public Health, Therapeutics
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