February 10, 2026 09:51 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

Health

‘Won’t allow any impediment in SIR’: Supreme Court pulls up Mamata govt over delay in sharing officers’ details | India-US trade deal: ‘Negotiations always two-way’, says Amul MD amid farmers’ concerns | Khamenei breaks 37-year-old ritual for first time amid escalating Iran-US tensions | India must push for energy independence amid global uncertainty: Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal | Kanpur horror: Lamborghini driven by businessman’s son rams vehicles, injures six | ‘Namaste Trump beat Howdy Modi’: Congress slams PM Over India-US trade deal | Historic India-US trade pact: Tariffs cut, $500B market opportunity unlocked! | Big call from RBI: Repo rate stays at 5.25%, neutral stance continues | RG Kar scam twist: Court issues non-bailable warrant against whistle-blower Akhtar Ali | Court snub for Vijay: Madras HC rejects plea in ₹1.5 crore tax case

Improved access to antibiotics could avert deaths of children under five in India: Study

India Blooms News Service | | Nov 19, 2015, at 04:01 am

#Improved access to antibiotics # deaths of children # India # Study

New Delhi, Nov 18 (IBNS): A new Lancet study out from researchers at the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) on Wednesday estimates that improved access to antibiotics could avert the deaths of several thousand children under five in India alone.

More deaths would be averted in India than in any other country studied.

Authors say this access problem—which occurs most often in low- and middle- income countries where weak health care systems often fail to reach people in need—is complicated by the fact that overuse of these powerful drugs can lead to the development of drug-resistant bacteria, which renders certain antibiotics powerless to fight infection.

This study features new findings on:

Global data on how many deaths of children under age 5 could be averted with increased access to antibiotics AND number of deaths averted with better access to vaccines
The number of babies who die each year due to sepsis infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria
Proposed solutions for addressing both problems of access to antibiotics and the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in low- and middle- income countries

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.

India
International

Related Images

CMRI Hospital celebrates Patients' Experience Week with Walkathon Oct 09, 2025, at 06:21 pm

Kolkata: BITM hosts an interactive session with students to observe Shubhanshu Shukla's return to Earth Jul 16, 2025, at 07:45 pm

West Bengal government airlifts ailing Gangasagar pilgrims to Kolkata Jan 13, 2025, at 12:45 pm