Integrated activities and tools for an antimicrobial stewardship workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal

Authors

  • Anita Shallal Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI USA
  • Tyler Prentiss Global Health Initiative, Henry Ford Health, Detroit MI USA
  • Basudha Shrestha Department of Microbiology, phect-NEPAL/Kathmandu Model Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Rajesh Dhoj Joshi Department of Medicine, phect-NEPAL/Kathmandu Model Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Madan K. Upadhyaya Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Dipendra Gautam Nepal Medical Association, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Pan Bahadur Kshetry Ministry of Health and Population, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kishitij Karki GTA Foundation, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Deepak Bajracharya
  • Pramod Bajracharya GTA Foundation, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Seema Joshi Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI USA
  • Jelena Verkler Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI USA; and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI USA
  • Pem Chuki Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimpu, Bhutan
  • Linda Kaljee Global Health Initiative, Henry Ford Health, Detroit MI USA
  • Gina Maki Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI USA
  • Marcus Zervos Division of Infectious Diseases, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI USA; and Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51496/jogm.v2.63

Keywords:

antimicrobial stewardship, low middle income countries, antibiotic use, education

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20-05-2022

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Shallal, A., Prentiss, T., Shrestha, B., Joshi, R. D., Upadhyaya, M. K., Gautam, D., Kshetry, P. B., Karki, K., Bajracharya, D., Bajracharya, P., Joshi, S., Verkler, J., Chuki, P., Kaljee, L., Maki, G., & Zervos, M. (2022). Integrated activities and tools for an antimicrobial stewardship workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Global Medicine, 2(1), e63. https://doi.org/10.51496/jogm.v2.63

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Copyright (c) 2022 Anita Shallal, Tyler Prentiss, Basudha Shrestha, Rajesh Dhoj Joshi, Madan K. Upadhyaya, Dipendra Gautam, Pan Bahadur Kshetry, Kishitij Karki, Deepak Bajracharya, Pramod Bajracharya, Seema Joshi, Jelena Verkler, Pem Chuki, Linda Kaljee, Gina Maki, Marcus Zervos

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