ArticleFrontiers in public health2020
Half of Prescribed Antibiotics Are Not Needed: A Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention and Clinical Outcomes in a Referral Hospital in Ethiopia.
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- Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in Ethiopian hospitals: a systematic review.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Pooled it
- Protocols, policies and practices for antimicrobial stewardship in hospitalized patients in least-developed and low-income countries: a systematic review.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.International journal of clinical practice · 2022Pooled it
- Bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance patterns in infections associated with stillbirths and under-five deaths in Ethiopia: a post-mortem surveillance study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Practice model of unit-based clinical pharmacists' individualized daily antimicrobial use density monitoring report on antimicrobial stewardship in intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Guangxi, China: an interrupted time series analysis.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Article
- Administrative interventions in antimicrobial stewardship: a global scoping review of all WHO regions.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Impact of Multidisciplinary-Led Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Zambia: Findings and Implications.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- High prevalence of penicillin-resistant group B Streptococcus among pregnant women in Northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Clinical pharmacist-led antifungal drug utilization reviews in cancer care hospital: a prospective audit and feedback.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Retracted: Antibiotic Prescribing Behavior of Physicians in Outpatient Departments in Hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia: Structural Equation Modeling Approach.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Antibiotic use and adherence to the WHO AWaRe guidelines across 16 hospitals in Zambia: a point prevalence survey.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Assessment of challenges and opportunities in antibiotic stewardship program implementation in Northwest Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2024Article
- An Assessment of the Current Level of Implementation of the Core Elements of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Public Hospitals in Ghana.Hospital pharmacy · 2024Article
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- Evaluation of interventions led by pharmacists in antimicrobial stewardship programs in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Review
- RETRACTED: Empowering Low- and Middle-Income Countries to Combat AMR by Minimal Use of Antibiotics: A Way Forward.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Ongoing Strategies to Improve Antimicrobial Utilization in Hospitals across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Findings and Implications.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Current Antibiotic Use Among Hospitals in the sub-Saharan Africa Region; Findings and Implications.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Review
- Antibiotic usage in a South African paediatric medical ward following the introduction of an antibiotic prescription chart.The Pan African medical journal · 2023Article
- A three years antimicrobials consumption in Ethiopia from 2017 to 2019: A cross- sectional study.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
Intense antibiotic consumption in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) is fueled by critical gaps in laboratory infrastructure and entrenched syndromic management of infectious syndromes. Few data inform the achievability and impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our goal was to demonstrate the feasibility of a pharmacist-led laboratory-supported intervention at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and report on antimicrobial use and clinical outcomes associated with the intervention.
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