Antimicrobial Resistance Study in Kazakhstan: Community Antibiotic Consumption and Resistance Rates

Faculty Development Competitive Research Grants Program 2025-2027

The main objective of this project is to analyze bacterial resistance patterns and antibiotic consumption data at the community level in five major cities in Kazakhstan, identify key influencing factors, investigate the relationship between consumption and resistance, and effectively disseminate the results to healthcare workers in outpatient settings through a developed website.
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the global threats. In 2019, AMR was implicated in nearly 5 million deaths worldwide, with more than 1 million of these deaths directly resulting from bacterial resistance.
There are many factors that influence the development and spread of AMR, but one of the most important factors is the overuse and misuse of antimicrobials. More than 80% of antibiotics prescriptions are made in outpatient settings. Studies suggest that half of these prescriptions for common conditions are unnecessary. There is a strong connection between the prescription of antibiotics and the increase in resistance to antimcrobials.