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Antimicrobial Stewardship for Africa 

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Antimicrobial Stewardship for Africa
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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

₹2,205

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Antimicrobial Stewardship for Africa
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  • Duration 3 weeks
  • Weekly study 3 hours
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Antimicrobial Stewardship for Africa
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More about this course
  • Communicable diseases remain to be a leading cause of death in African countries (WHO). This course will look at the threat of antimicrobial resistance in Africa and how best to tackle it.
  • You'll explore the burden of antimicrobial resistance in Africa and the importance of microbiology investigations in antibiotic therapy.
  • You'll learn about antibiotic misuse and overuse as a driver of antimicrobial resistance and how to develop antibiotic guidelines.
  • Finally, you'll evaluate the strategies that have been implemented in African hospitals and make more effective use of antimicrobials.

Antimicrobial Stewardship for Africa
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Principles of antimicrobial resistance and its causes

Welcome and introductions

Antimicrobial Resistance

The global versus the African burden of resistance

Antibiotic misuse and overuse as a driver for resistance

Importance of microbiology investigations

Principles of good antimicrobial prescribing

Principles of good antimicrobial prescribing

Antimicrobial Stewardship

The microbiology lab

"Doing" antimicrobial stewardship

Doing Stewardship

Monitoring antibiotic use

Feeding back data to support better prescribing

Using education and feedback to change behaviour for AMS and IPC

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