Knowledge and Attitude toward Antibiotic Use and Identification of Financially Feasible Options to Curb the Spread of Antibiotics in Environment

Table 6

Peoples’ perceptions: antibiotics can cure (antibiotic use/abuse).

Perception: Antibiotics can cure
Subtheme	n	%
Cold and flu	595	61.21
Malaria	444	45.68
Measles	277	28.50
Sore throat	574	59.05
Headaches	296	30.45
Body aches	312	32.10
Skin or wound infection	508	52.26

The perception by the participants that antibiotics can cure viral and parasitic diseases, as well as conditions that might arise from infection and noninfection, are shown. Only the responses indicating “yes” are scored in percentage.