Antibiotic use from formal and informal healthcare providers in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a population-based study in two health zones.

Objective: In the Democratic Republic of Congo and other low-resource countries, community-acquired pathogens are increasingly resistant to most locally available antibiotics. To guide efforts to optimize antibiotic use to limit antibiotic resistance, we quantified healthcare provider-specific and community-wide antibiotic use.

Methods: From household surveys, we estimated monthly healthcare visit rates by provider.