Hi Simba,
I hope you are doing great today.
The question you have asked is of utmost significance, especially in the current time of AMR surge. However, it is a topic that requires robust discussion. Moreso, such discussion may also be region-specific. From my experience, one of the cheapest means of curbing AMR is awareness creation and knowledge distribution. Taking the African setting as an example, there is low prevalence in the knowledge of AMR, and the subsequent dangers. To create awareness, one would have to physically engage their target communities, sharing enscripted posters in the language they could understand as well as engaging in conversations with these locals using their language. Additionally, allowing these locals to ask questions is also an effective way to understand their view on the use of antibiotics. It allows you to better understand why they misuse and abuse antibiotics. Beyond awareness creation, there are other effective means that have been employed. These may include those that have been centred around the professional duties of healthcare workers and professionals such as pharmacists, doctors, nurses, community health workers, etc.
If you would like to engage in a scholarly discussion on how to curb AMR, we could do a literature review on this matter, digging out the current evidence-based strategies that have been employed to curb AMR.
Reach me via udike188@uniport.edu.ng for further discussion.
Kind regards.
