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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/19081| Title: | Thou shalt not prescribe antibiotics... |
| Authors: | Ellul, Ian C. |
| Keywords: | Editorials Antibiotics Drug resistance in microorganisms |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | Medical Portals Ltd. |
| Citation: | Ellul, I. C. (2016). Thou shalt not prescribe antibiotics... The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 15(6), 3. |
| Abstract: | A ccording to the report, Antimicrobial Resistance: Tackling a crisis for the health and wealth of nations, it is estimated that at least 700,000 people succumb from microbialresistant infections around the globe each year. It is indeed predicted that by 2050, antibiotic resistance will cost the world up to a staggering €88,000,000,000,000 as well as a reduction of 2% - 3.5% in global GDP. We are partly to blame for this, considering over-prescriptions, over-the-counter selling of antibiotics, as well as veterinary misuse. Interestingly, the Health at a Glance: Europe 2016,2 published in November, reports that of all EU countries, Malta has the highest proportion of secondline antibiotic use [32%]. The EU27 average is 18%. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19081 |
| Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Volume 15, Issue 6 The Synapse, Volume 15, Issue 6 |
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