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Establishing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Sierra Leone: A Report of the Experience of a Low-Income Country in West Africa

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is a growing global health challenge that threatens to undo gains in human and animal health. Prevention and control of AMR requires functional antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program, which is complex and often difficult to implement in low- and middle-income countrie...

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Main Authors:	Sulaiman Lakoh (Author), Mohamed Bawoh (Author), Hannah Lewis (Author), Ishmael Jalloh (Author), Catherine Thomas (Author), Shuwary Barlatt (Author), Abdulai Jalloh (Author), Gibrilla F. Deen (Author), James B. W. Russell (Author), Mustapha S. Kabba (Author), Moses N. P. Batema (Author), Cecily Borgstein (Author), Noah Sesay (Author), Daniel Sesay (Author), Navjeet K. Nagi (Author), Emmanuel Firima (Author), Suzanne Thomas (Author)
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Published:	MDPI AG, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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