Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource‐poor setting
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Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource-poor setting
Antibiotics are a critically important part of paediatric medical care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where infectious diseases are the leading cause of child mortality. The World Health Organization estimates that >50% of all medicines are prescribed, dispensed or sold inappropriately and that half of all patients do not take their medicines correctly. Given the rising prevalence...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0306-5251,1365-2125
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12320