Nearly all countries overuse powerful antibiotics, global study finds

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A global study published in The Lancet Public Health reveals widespread overuse of powerful antibiotics across 186 countries. The research highlights the imbalance of antibiotic usage with many countries not receiving treatments aligned with local infection and resistance rates.

Certain antibiotics are overused in most countries, while too few people receive the specific antibiotic treatments they need, according to a study of antibiotic use across 186 countries published in The Lancet Public Health journal. The study provides scientific estimates of how many and which types of antibiotics each country could be expected to use ideally, based on local rates of infection and antibiotic resistance.