Global antibiotic consumption and usage in humans, 2000–18: a spatial modelling study

• Main Authors: Annie J. Browne, Michael G. Chipeta, Georgina Haines-Woodhouse, Emmanuelle P.A. Kumaran, Bahar H.Kashef Hamadani, Sabra Zaraa, Nathaniel J. Henry, Aniruddha Deshpande, Robert C. Reiner, Nicholas P.J. Day, Alan D. Lopez, Susanna Dunachie, Catrin E. Moore, Andy Stergachis, Simon I. Hay, Christiane Dolecek
• Other Authors: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; Social Sciences
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77475
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health. WHO emphasises the need for countries to monitor antibiotic consumption to combat AMR. Many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) lack surveillance capacity; we aimed to use multiple data sources and sta...