1.0 INTRODUCTION
The 19th century experienced one of the most drastic impact of infectious disease worldwide (Jones et al., 2012; Preston and Haines, 2014). The annual mortality rate from infectious disease was in excess of 13 million (WHO, 1998; Dye, 2014). Evidently, infectious diseases which are a group of communicable disease caused by pathogenic micro-organisms (WHO, 2008), continue to wreck great havoc to health and well–being. Bacterial disease such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and tuberculosis was responsible for about 50% of recorded mortality from infectious diseases in the 19th century (WHO, 1999; Cohen, 2000). Balsalobre et al. (2013) classified the history of bacterial diseases into three important eras: the pre-antibiotic era, the antibiotic era and the antibiotic resistant era. The control of bacterial infections in the early 20th century was largely driven by improvement in sanitation, supply of clean water, development of vaccines and discovery of …show more content…
McNulty (2007a) indicated that although significant effort has been made in regulating prescribing practices of GP’s, there is need to focus upstream to understand what informs the lay man’s perception and usage of antibiotics. The perception and knowledge of the public on health conditions requiring antibiotic therapy and compliance to antibiotic course are important aspects of regulating antibiotic use (Awad et al., 2015). Therefore, to promote the rational use of antibiotics, it is expedient to gain in-depth understanding on public knowledge and use of antibiotics (PHE, 2015). This is because adequate monitoring of antibiotic knowledge and consumption pattern is pivotal to designing education and awareness campaigns (WHO, 2015). In other words, local and global strategy to control antibiotic use and contain resistance will require intelligence on factors influencing public use of
The 19th century experienced one of the most drastic impact of infectious disease worldwide (Jones et al., 2012; Preston and Haines, 2014). The annual mortality rate from infectious disease was in excess of 13 million (WHO, 1998; Dye, 2014). Evidently, infectious diseases which are a group of communicable disease caused by pathogenic micro-organisms (WHO, 2008), continue to wreck great havoc to health and well–being. Bacterial disease such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and tuberculosis was responsible for about 50% of recorded mortality from infectious diseases in the 19th century (WHO, 1999; Cohen, 2000). Balsalobre et al. (2013) classified the history of bacterial diseases into three important eras: the pre-antibiotic era, the antibiotic era and the antibiotic resistant era. The control of bacterial infections in the early 20th century was largely driven by improvement in sanitation, supply of clean water, development of vaccines and discovery of …show more content…
McNulty (2007a) indicated that although significant effort has been made in regulating prescribing practices of GP’s, there is need to focus upstream to understand what informs the lay man’s perception and usage of antibiotics. The perception and knowledge of the public on health conditions requiring antibiotic therapy and compliance to antibiotic course are important aspects of regulating antibiotic use (Awad et al., 2015). Therefore, to promote the rational use of antibiotics, it is expedient to gain in-depth understanding on public knowledge and use of antibiotics (PHE, 2015). This is because adequate monitoring of antibiotic knowledge and consumption pattern is pivotal to designing education and awareness campaigns (WHO, 2015). In other words, local and global strategy to control antibiotic use and contain resistance will require intelligence on factors influencing public use of