Prevalence and Associated Factors for Purchasing Antibiotics Without a Prescription Among Patients in Rural South Africa: Implications for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Tiyani Milta Maluleke
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
Saselamani Pharmacy, Saselamani 0928, South Africa
raw_author_name: Morgan Tiyiselani Maluleke
raw_affiliation_strings: Saselamani Pharmacy, Saselamani 0928, South Africa
raw_author_name: Nishana Ramdas
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
raw_author_name: Ana Golić Jelić
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
raw_author_name: Amanj Kurdi
raw_affiliation_strings: College of Pharmacy, Al-Kitab University, Kirkuk 36015, Iraq
College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Erbil 44001, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK
raw_author_name: Audrey Chigome
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
South African Vaccination and Immunisation Centre, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
raw_author_name: Stephen M. Campbell
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
raw_author_name: Vanda Marković-Peković
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, 78000 Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
raw_author_name: Natalie Schellack
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0084, South Africa
raw_author_name: Brian Godman
raw_affiliation_strings: Antibiotic Policy Group, City St. George’s, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University, 161 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK
raw_author_name: Johanna C. Meyer
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa
South African Vaccination and Immunisation Centre, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Molotlegi Street, Garankuwa, Pretoria 0208, South Africa