Antibiotic demand has surged 65% since 2000: Now 24.5 billion prescriptions are written a DAY - driving us closer to resistance that will cause a global public health crisis

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Antibiotic demand has surged 65% since 2000: Now 24.5 billion prescriptions are written a DAY - driving us closer to resistance that will cause a global public health crisis [1]

Antibiotic prescriptions have shot up by 65 percent overall and by 39 percent per person in 15 years, new research reveals.

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28/03/2018

Source: Daily Mail (United Kingdom) [2]

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