An advocacy based cross sectional study of healthcare professionals of factors impacting on medication adherence across nine Sub-Saharan African countries
Healthcare workers in Sub-Saharan Africa identify that the primary factors impacting adherence to ASMs, in their view, is affordability and availability of ASMs.Addressing this issue may reduce the treatment gap.
Authors
- Niki Sotiropoulou
- Edward Shabangu
- Kizito Salako (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0394-7833)
- Michael Kinney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2034-3575)
- Richard Laugharne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9916-343X)
- Tolu Olaniyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8142-606X)
- Margaret Sipilon
- Rohit Shankar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-6933)
- S E Akinola
- Miria Chikasama
- Farmanga Ngobeh
- Millie Kumenda
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (GB)
- CURE International UK (GB)
- University of Sierra Leone (SL)
- University of Lagos (NG)
- Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (GM)
- Swaziland National Trust Commission (SZ)
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Wajir County Government (KE)
- Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (MW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsy Research
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2024.107459
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.34