Burden of upper respiratory tract infections in primary care facilities and excessive antimicrobial over-prescription: A community-oriented primary care project in rural Kenya

• Main Authors: Nelson Nyamu (Author), Florence Mbatia (Author), Pieter van den Hombergh (Author), Simone Jaarsma (Author), Felix Agoi (Author), Jacob Shabani (Author), Michaela Mantel (Author), Fleur O. de Meijer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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During their community oriented primary care (COPC) rotation in rural coastal Kenya, residents of the Family Medicine programme at the Aga Khan University-Nairobi, identified a high burden of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in the dispensaries with high prescription of antimicrobials (AMs)...