The State of the World’s Antibiotics 2015

Helen Gelbrand
Molly Miller-Petrie
Suraj Pant
Sumanth Gandra
Jordan Levinson
Devra Barter
Andrea White
Ramanan Laxminarayan
N K Ganguly GARP-India Working Group
Samuel Kariuki GARP-Kenya Working Group
Linus Ndegwa GARP-Kenya Working Group
Eveline Wesangula GARP-Kenya Working Group
Betuel Sigaúque GARP-Mozambique Working Group
Esperança Sevene GARP-Mozambique Working Group
Buddha Basnynat GARP-Nepal Working Group
Paras Pokharel GARP-Nepal Working Group
Sameer Mani Dixit GARP-Nepal Working Group
Santoshi Giri GARP-Nepal Working Group
Adriano Duse GARP-South Africa Working Group
Olga Perovic GARP-South Africa Working Group
Kim Faure GARP-South Africa Working Group
Said Aboud GARP-Tanzania Working Group
Robinson Mdegela GARP-Tanzania Working Group
Khadija Msami GARP-Tanzania Working Group
Denis K Byarugaba GARP-Uganda Working Group
Donna A Kusemererwa GARP-Uganda Working Group
James Lakony GARP-Uganda Working Group
Nguyen Van Kinh
Heiman Wertheim GARP-Vietnam Working Group
Do Thuy Nga GARP-Vietnam Working Group

Keywords: state, world's antibiotics

Abstract

Since their introduction into medicine in the 1940s, antibiotics have been central to modern healthcare. Their role has expanded from treating serious infections to preventing infections in surgical patients, protecting cancer patients and people with compromised immune systems, and promoting growth and preventing disease in livestock and other food animals.

Issue

Vol 8 No 2 (2015)

Section

General Review

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