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ArticleTropical medicine and health2022

How Universal Health Coverage can curb the escalating antimicrobial resistance in Pakistan: a call to action for the country's healthcare system.

Laiba Imran, Syeda Tayyaba Rehan, Ka Yiu Lee

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Laiba ImranDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, 74200, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9869-0921
Syeda Tayyaba RehanDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, 74200, Pakistan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6724-2360
Ka Yiu LeeDepartment of Health Sciences, Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden. kyle.lee@miun.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-0940

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has emerged as a major threat to the global healthcare economy during Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), especially in developing countries like Pakistan where the healthcare facilities are already substandard. To combat AMR, the World Health Organization (WHO) has taken several initiatives including the establishment of a sustainable Universal Health Coverage (UHC) system. The implementation of UHC could eliminate various factors that contribute to a high AMR rate including self-medication. Our commentary explores in depth the current UHC system in Pakistan and how UHC could be the answer to Pakistan's AMR crisis.

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PMID36376962
PMCPMC9663288

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