{"id":7260,"date":"2017-11-17T23:42:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T23:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=7260"},"modified":"2017-11-17T23:42:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T23:42:33","slug":"antibiotics-are-developing-resistance-due-to-auto-medication-researches-indicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/antibiotics-are-developing-resistance-due-to-auto-medication-researches-indicate\/","title":{"rendered":"Antibiotics are developing resistance due to auto-medication, researches indicate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Different researches show that antibiotics are building up resistance at a high level. Health professionals ask both the government and population to get involved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7257\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7257\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_1256-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"One of the main causes of antibiotic resistance is auto-medication\" width=\"469\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_1256-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_1256-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_1256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_1256-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the main causes of antibiotic resistance is auto-medication<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From 20 to 50 % antibiotics are used inappropriately. According to a research done by health professionals from January to September 2017 in Bujumbura area, one of the main reasons which cause antibiotic resistance is auto medication. \u201cThe study revealed a considerable rate of self-medication in Bujumbura area\u201d says Joseph Nyandwi, a University lecturer and medical research expert in the Faculty of medicine.<\/p>\n<p>He says antibiotic resistance has become a growing concern in Burundi adding that there is no policy for the regulation of drugs.<br \/>\nNyandwi gives an example of Ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic which is mostly used in Burundi which has developed resistance at 30%. He appeals to both the government and population to get involved and discourage self-medication.<\/p>\n<p>Donatien Bigirimana, World Health Organisation-WHO delegate calls on the population to avoid self- medication. \u201cThey should ask health professionals\u2019 opinion before taking any antibiotics. They also have to take them as prescribed by the physicians and should never share them with others\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Bamenyekane, a pharmacy department director in the Ministry of Health says the number of the resistance is becoming higher and higher. He says the ministry has made a list of drugs that are not allowed to be sold in pharmacies without medical prescription: \u201cThe list is already available and it will be multiplied and distributed to whoever are concerned very soon\u201d, says Bamenyekane<\/p>\n<p>He also says the irrational use of antibiotics is the main cause of antibiotic resistance. He says the population have to become aware of their well-being \u201cWe are in a sensitization campaign for the rational use of antibiotics. Drug efficiency also depends on how patients use them\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a research done by WHO, more than 480,000 people catch multi-resistant tuberculosis per year in the world and more than 40 are Burundians, this complicate the fight against malaria and HIV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Different researches show that antibiotics are building up resistance at a high level. Health professionals ask both the government and population to get involved. From 20 to 50 % antibiotics are used inappropriately. According to a research done by health professionals from January to September 2017 in Bujumbura area, one of the main reasons which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,670],"tags":[1263,108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7261,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260\/revisions\/7261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}