Monday, December 16, 2019

Excessive antibiotic prescriptions for children in low-, middle-income countries

Between 2007 and 2017, children in eight low- and middle-income countries received, on average, 25 antibiotic prescriptions from birth through age 5 -- up to five times higher than the already high levels observed in high-income settings. The number of antibiotic prescriptions for young children ranged from one per year for children in Senegal to 12 per year for children in Uganda.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191214122540.htm

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