ANTIBIOTICS SELF-MEDICATION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE PHARMACY STUDENTS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HMIS-021
• By: KHALID, Garba Mohammed (Università degli Studi di Milano, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Italy)
• Co-author(s): Garba Mohammed Khalid: Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria;Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
  Abubakar Ibrahim Jatau: Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  Umar Idris Ibrahim: Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
  Fatima Mustapha Dungus: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria
  zayyanu Shitu: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
  Abubakar Sha’aban: Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
  Sa’idu Lawal Burji: Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, Jigawa State office, Federal Secretariat Complex, Dutse, Nigeria
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  The burden of Antibiotic Self Medication (ASM) is increasing and becoming a global health threat due to antibiotics resistance. However, little is known about ASM among undergraduate pharmacy students who are the future custodians of medicines including antibiotics.

  Methods

  A cross sectional online survey form was developed, validated by

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