Irrational use of antibiotics is a public health problem. Our study aimed to evaluate knowledge and awareness of antibiotics, and to examine its' associated factors. We conducted a cross sectional survey. The questionnaire was adapted from WHO Multi-country survey. Adults aged 18 years old and were receiving prescription from eight outpatient clinics and pharmacies in Yogyakarta province completed the survey. The questionnaire was consisted of three sections, i.e. sociodemographic factors, knowledge of antibiotics, and experiences in using antibiotics. Scores on questions and data were presented descriptively and analyzed using logistic regression to evaluate the influence of variables on knowledge of antibiotics. Out of 268 respondents, a cumulative 76% of them used antibiotics in last six months. Majority of respondents (58%) had low level knowledge on antibiotic use and awareness, and incorrectly identified that cold and cough are treatable with antibiotics (75%). Interestingly, 71% of participants agreed that internet is a major source of information on antibiotics (71%), while only 58% and 45% of respondents see pharmacists and medical professionals respectively. The antibiotics were received from prescription (79%) and 70% of respondents completed the full course of antibiotics prescribed, but only 32% of them became more cautious about antibiotic use. We found the highest association between gender, age, education level, with the knowledge of antibiotics. The overall level of knowledge and awareness on antibiotics use among residents in Yogyakarta is low. This mandates public health awareness intervention programs to be implemented on the use of antibiotics.
Vaksin merupakan produk biologis yang sangat rentan sehingga diperlukan pengelolaan vaksin yang tepat untuk menjaga kualitas vaksin. Kualitas vaksin perlu dipertahankan sejak vaksin diproduksi sampai sebelum diberikan kepada pasien. Pengelolaan vaksin yang tepat juga perlu didukung oleh petugas yang terlatih dan bertanggung jawab. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran pengelolaan vaksin dan tingkat pengetahuan pengelola vaskin di Puskesmas Kabupaten Sleman. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional yang bersifat deskriptif dengan desain cross-sectional. Data yang dikumpulkan berupa data kuantitatif dan kualitatif yang diperoleh dari enam puskesmas di Kabupaten Sleman. Pengumpulan data diperoleh dari observasi langsung, wawancara, dan pengisian kuesioner. Data kemudian dianalisis secara statistik berupa persentase. Data disajikan dalam bentuk tabel dan narasi yang menggambarkan pengelolaan vaksin dan tingkat pengetahuan pengelola vaksin. Pada penelitian ini diketahui bahwa tingkat pengetahuan petugas pengelola vaksin tergolong baik. Aspek tingkat pengetahuan yang tergolong baik adalah aspek penyimpanan, pelayanan, pencatatan dan pelaporan vaksin, sedangkan aspek perencanaan, pengendalian dan distribusi vaksin tergolong kurang baik. Pada penelitian ditemukan bahwa semua aspek pengelolaan vaksin sudah tergolong baik, namun masih ditemukan beberapa hal yang kurang baik. Sebanyak 28% puskesmas mengalami over stock vaksin dan 40% puskesmas belum menyimpan vaksin dengan memberi jarak antar kotaknya. Masih terdapat 72% puskesmas memiliki vaksin yang kedaluwarsa dan 36% belum mencatat suhu vaksin pada saat libur.
Medicine procurement at LLMIC still becomes a challenge regarding to low medicine availability. There is no study yet that identifies the problems of medicine procurement at LLMIC countries so that it becomes the objective of this narrative review. PUBMED, Science Direct, Google Schoolar, PLOS from May 14th, 2021 to May 22nd, 2021 were used. The problems of procurement were found since the processes of selection, planning, and procurement. Factors of human resources, organization, management information system, and parties excluding health facilites (government, distributor, and pharmacy industry) also contribute to hinder the medicine procurement. The effort to solve this problem should include multisectors with the aim to strengthen the medicine management and the supply chain. Keywords: supply chain, developing countries, medicine management
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