Outcome of the second Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa Group meeting to promote sustainable and appropriate medicine use in Africa

Amos Massele; Johanita Burger; Francis Kalemeera; Mary Jande; Thatayaone Didimalang; Aubrey Chichonyi Kalungia; Kidwell Matshotyana; Michael Law; Brighid Malone; Olayinka Ogunleye; Margaret Oluka; Bene D. Paramadhas; Godfrey Rwegerera; Sekesai Zinyowera; Brian Godman

doi:10.1080/14737167.2017.1256775

Outcome of the second Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa Group meeting to promote sustainable and appropriate medicine use in Africa

Amos Massele, Johanita Burger, Francis Kalemeera, Mary Jande, Thatayaone Didimalang, Aubrey Chichonyi Kalungia, Kidwell Matshotyana, Michael Law, Brighid Malone, Olayinka Ogunleye, Margaret Oluka, Bene D. Paramadhas, Godfrey Rwegerera, Sekesai Zinyowera, Brian Godman^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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The second Medicines Utilization Research in Africa (MURIA) group workshop and symposium again brought researchers together from across Africa to improve their knowledge of drug utilization (DU) methodologies and exchange ideas to further progress DU research in Africa. This built on extensive activities from the first conference including workshops and multiple publications. Anti-infectives were again the principal theme for the 2016 symposium following the workshops. This included presentations regarding strategies to improve antibiotic utilization among African countries, such as point-prevalence studies, as well as potential ways to reduce self-purchasing of antibiotics. There were also presentations on antiretrovirals including renal function and the impact of policy changes. Concerns with adherence in chronic treatments as well as drug-drug interactions and their implications were also discussed. The deliberations resulted in a number of agreed activities including joint publications before the next MURIA conference in Namibia in 2017.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	149-152
Number of pages	4
Journal	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14737167.2017.1256775
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

ARVs
Adherence
Africa
antibiotics
drug utilization
rational use of medicines

UN SDGs

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Massele, A., Burger, J., Kalemeera, F., Jande, M., Didimalang, T., Kalungia, A. C., Matshotyana, K., Law, M., Malone, B., Ogunleye, O., Oluka, M., Paramadhas, B. D., Rwegerera, G., Zinyowera, S., & Godman, B. (2017). Outcome of the second Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa Group meeting to promote sustainable and appropriate medicine use in Africa. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, 17(2), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737167.2017.1256775

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Massele, A, Burger, J, Kalemeera, F, Jande, M, Didimalang, T, Kalungia, AC, Matshotyana, K, Law, M, Malone, B, Ogunleye, O, Oluka, M, Paramadhas, BD, Rwegerera, G, Zinyowera, S & Godman, B 2017, 'Outcome of the second Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa Group meeting to promote sustainable and appropriate medicine use in Africa', Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737167.2017.1256775

Outcome of the second Medicines Utilisation Research in Africa Group meeting to promote sustainable and appropriate medicine use in Africa. / Massele, Amos; Burger, Johanita; Kalemeera, Francis et al.
In: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, Vol. 17, No. 2, 04.03.2017, p. 149-152.

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