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Global Access To Antibiotics Without Prescription In Community Pharmacies: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis, Asa Auta, Muhammad A. Hadi, Enoche Oga, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi, Samirah N. Abdu-Aguye, Davies Adeloye, Barry Strickland-Hodge, Daniel J. Morgan

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Objective To estimate the proportion of over-the-counter antibiotic requests or consultations that resulted in non-prescription supply of antibiotics in community pharmacies globally. Methods We systematically searched EMBASE, Medline and CINAHL databases for studies published from January 2000 to September 2017 reporting the frequency of non-prescription sale and supply of antibiotics in community pharmacies across the world. Additional articles were identified by checking reference lists and a Google Scholar search. A random effects meta-analysis was conducted to calculate pooled estimates of non-prescription supply of antibiotics. Results Of the 3302 articles identified, 38 studies from 24 countries met the inclusion criteria and …