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Improved access to antibiotics could avert deaths of children under five in India: Study

| | Nov 19, 2015, at 04:01 am
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IBNS): A new Lancet study out from researchers at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) on Wednesday estimates that improved access to antibiotics could avert the deaths of several thousand children under five in India alone.
More deaths would be averted in India than in any other country studied.
 
Authors say this access problem—which occurs most often in low- and middle- income countries where weak health care systems often fail to reach people in need—is complicated by the fact that overuse of these powerful drugs can lead to the development of drug-resistant bacteria, which renders certain antibiotics powerless to fight infection.
 
This study features new findings on:
 
  • Global data on how many deaths of children under age 5 could be averted with increased access to antibiotics AND number of deaths averted with better access to vaccines
  • The number of babies who die each year due to sepsis infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria
  • Proposed solutions for addressing both problems of access to antibiotics and the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in low- and middle- income countries

 

#Improved access to antibiotics # deaths of children # India # Study

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