Medical students’ knowledge, attitudes, and motivation towards antimicrobial resistance efforts in Eastern Uganda

Jonathan Babuya; Daniel Waruingi; Douglas Mungujakisa; Osmas Ahimbisibwe; Victoria Ruth Kako; Faith Aporu; Emmanuel Mugume; Julian Nyamupachitu; Kenedy Kiyimba

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0314250

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Medical students’ knowledge, attitudes, and motivation towards antimicrobial resistance efforts in Eastern Uganda

Jonathan Babuya ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jonathanbabuya2@gmail.com

Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda, Zihi Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7586-3386

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Daniel Waruingi,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Zihi Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, ReAct-Action on Antibiotic Resistance Africa, Lusaka, Zambia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2473-4418

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Douglas Mungujakisa,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
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Osmas Ahimbisibwe,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
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Victoria Ruth Kako,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
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Faith Aporu,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
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Emmanuel Mugume,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
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Julian Nyamupachitu,

Roles Supervision, Validation

Affiliation ReAct-Action on Antibiotic Resistance Africa, Lusaka, Zambia

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9644-4609

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Kenedy Kiyimba

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8031-9051

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Medical students’ knowledge, attitudes, and motivation towards antimicrobial resistance efforts in Eastern Uganda

Jonathan Babuya,
Daniel Waruingi,
Douglas Mungujakisa,
Osmas Ahimbisibwe,
Victoria Ruth Kako,
Faith Aporu,
Emmanuel Mugume,
Julian Nyamupachitu,
Kenedy Kiyimba

Published: February 6, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314250
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