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With Antimicrobial Resistance, Women and Children Face Highest Risks

With Antimicrobial Resistance, Women and Children Face Highest Risks

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One in five deaths from antimicrobial resistance involved a child younger than 5, and women face increased vulnerability

Secret Shoppers Expose Antibiotic Overprescribing in India

Secret Shoppers Expose Antibiotic Overprescribing in India

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Is it ethical to pose as a patient to reveal medical malpractice?

Nurses Champion Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

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With expertise in patient care, nurses are well positioned to combat antimicrobial resistance if given the correct tools

Nurses Champion Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Mass Drug Administration of Azithromycin: Promise or Peril?

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Mass drug administration of azithromycin saves children’s lives—is that enough to justify risk of antibiotic resistance?

Technician doing eye exam during azithromycin mass drug administration training exercise near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.