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A worker on the production line for injectable antibiotics at the Biokhimik pharmaceutical plant owned by Promomed Group
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Antibiotics

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Antibiotics prevent and treat certain types of bacterial infection. During the world week of antimicrobial resistance awareness, something experts call a growing global health crisis, antibiotics are an important focus.

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Amoxicillin, a type of antibiotic medicine: tablets and packaging

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Pandemic worsens resistance to antibiotics in India

Resistance to antibiotic drugs was already a problem in India before the pandemic. Doctors say it's gotten a lot worse.
ScienceOctober 28, 2022
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Swiss researchers and doctors in Africa have developed a digital tool to help clinicians prescribe fewer antibiotics.
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