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Self-Medication in Africa during COVID-19 Pandemic
Zainab Ismail
Menoufia University Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia, Egypt
Anmol Mohan
Karachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan
Christophe Ngendahayo
Mount Kenya University, School of Public Health
Abdullahi Tunde Aborode
Healthy Africans Platform, Research and Development, Ibadan, Nigeria
Arooj Abid
Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
Ana Carla dos Santos Costa
Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Shoaib Ahmad
Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Mohammad Yasir Essar
Kateb University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v12i4.4234
Abstract
Self-medication is known as “the usage of drugs, herbs or home remedies on one’s own initiative, or on the advice of another person, without consulting a doctor’. In Africa, self-medication has reached a critical stage, with people using and taking any drug regardless of how poisonous the material may be as long as unprofessional suggestions advocate it as a solution to their health problem. In this article, we looked at the consequences, effects, and recommendations for reducing the use of self-medication as a habit among Africans.
