SRI LANKAN PUBLIC’S EXPERIENCE WITH ANTIBIOTICS FOR COMMON INFECTIONS

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-HMIS-034
• By: ZAWAHIR, Mohamed Shukry (The University of Sydney, School of Pharmacy, Australia)
• Co-author(s): Shukry Zawahir: School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  Sarath Lekamwasam: Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka
  Kjell H. Halvorsen: Department of Pharmacy, The Arctic University of Norway, Langnes, Tromsø, Norway
  Grenville Rose: Centre for Social Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  Parisa Aslani: School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  
• Abstract:

  Background

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  Methods

  A random cross-sectional household survey was conducted (n=1100) from Dec 2016 to Aug 2017 in Sri Lanka. An interviewer-administered survey was used to assess knowledge, experiences, beliefs, expectations, use, and requisition of antibiotics from pharmacies for common infections (common cold, acute sore throat, diarrhoea, wounds
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