Response to: ‘letter to the editor: “A multifaceted strategy is needed to limit the over-the-counter sale of antimicrobials “’-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Response to: ‘letter to the editor: “A multifaceted strategy is needed to limit the over-the-counter sale of antimicrobials “’

Published:2024-04-05 Issue: Volume: Page:1-3
ISSN:1478-7210
Container-title:Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy
language:en
Short-container-title:Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Author:

Ngyedu Eric Kofi¹,Efui Acolatse Joseph Elikem²³,Akafity George³,Incoom Robert²,Rauf Audu⁴,Seaton R Andrew⁵⁶,Sneddon Jacqueline⁷,Cameron Elaine⁸,Watson Margaret⁹,Wanat Marta¹⁰,Godman Brian⁹¹¹¹²^ORCID,Kurdi Amanj⁹¹²¹³¹⁴

Affiliation:

1. Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Cape Coast, Ghana

2. Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), Pharmacy Directorate, Cape Coast, Ghana

3. Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH), Research and Development Unit, Cape Coast, Ghana

4. Pharmacy Council, Accra, Ghana

5. Infectious Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK

6. School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

7. British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Birmingham, England, UK

8. School of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK

9. Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK

10. Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Oxford, UK

11. Centre of Medical and Bio allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates

12. Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria, South Africa

13. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Iraq

14. College of Pharmacy, Al-Kitab University, Kirkuk, Iraq

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14787210.2024.2337824

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