The 'Drug Bag' method: lessons from anthropological studies of antibiotic use in Africa and South-East Asia

• Main Authors: Justin Dixon (Author), Eleanor MacPherson (Author), Salome Manyau (Author), Susan Nayiga (Author), Yuzana Khine Zaw (Author), Miriam Kayendeke (Author), Christine Nabirye (Author), Laurie Denyer Willis (Author), Coll de Lima Hutchison (Author), Clare I. R. Chandler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Understanding the prevalence and types of antibiotics used in a given human and/or animal population is important for informing stewardship strategies. Methods used to capture such data often rely on verbal elicitation of reported use that tend to assume shared medical terminology. Studies have show...