Listen "Episode 30: Yubraj Acharya on Reducing Non-Prescription Antibiotics Use"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Yubraj Acharya discusses his paper ‘Reducing Non-Prescription Antibiotics Use through Community Education in Low-Income Countries’. He sheds light on the growing issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and shares about the intervention he conducted in Nepal, aimed at reducing non-prescribed antibiotic use among parents of children.
Guest: Yubraj Acharya, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography at Pennsylvania State University, The United States.
Hosts: Fanny Tallgren, Karen Trujillo Jara
Timestamps:
0:36 Meet our guest: Yubraj Acharya
06:00 Drivers of antibiotics use in community contexts
11:40 Series of work conducted on Antimicrobial Resistance
12:30 Components of the study intervention in Nepal
21:50 Findings
33:10 Considerations for scaling up a similar study in other settings
37:00 Experience of living in Rotterdam
Guest: Yubraj Acharya, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography at Pennsylvania State University, The United States.
Hosts: Fanny Tallgren, Karen Trujillo Jara
Timestamps:
0:36 Meet our guest: Yubraj Acharya
06:00 Drivers of antibiotics use in community contexts
11:40 Series of work conducted on Antimicrobial Resistance
12:30 Components of the study intervention in Nepal
21:50 Findings
33:10 Considerations for scaling up a similar study in other settings
37:00 Experience of living in Rotterdam
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