Indication for Antibiotic Prescription Among Children Attending Primary Healthcare Services in Rural Burkina Faso
Ali Sié, Mamadou Ouattara, Mamadou Bountogo, Clarisse Dah, Guillaume Compaoré, Valentin Boudo, Elodie Lebas, Jessica Brogdon, Fanice Nyatigo, Benjamin F. Arnold, Thomas M. Lietman, Catherine E. Oldenburg
Abstract
Of 61 355 visits by children <5 years old to 48 government-run primary healthcare facilities in Nouna District, Burkina Faso, 30 975 had an antibiotic prescribed (58% for pneumonia diagnoses). A minority of prescriptions were for diagnoses not requiring antibiotics, including malaria, nonbloody diarrhea, and cough without pneumonia.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMedical prescriptionDiarrheaAntibioticsPneumoniaMalariaPrimary health careMedical diagnosisPediatricsFamily medicinePrimary careHealth careGovernment (linguistics)Intensive care medicineEnvironmental healthInternal medicineNursingPopulationPhilosophyPathologyImmunologyEconomicsMicrobiologyLinguisticsBiologyEconomic growthAntibiotic Use and ResistanceGlobal Maternal and Child HealthPharmaceutical studies and practices