Resist the use of antibiotics

By Anne Wiltsher, Nursery World, 6 February 2002

The Department of Health has launched a second public education campaign, at a cost of £700,000, to highlight the dangers of using antibiotics unnecessarily.

The Department of Health has launched a second public education campaign, at a cost of £700,000, to highlight the dangers of using antibiotics unnecessarily. Essentially, antibiotics are very important drugs designed to treat specific illnesses such as pneumonia and meningitis, said Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr Pat Troop at the launch of the campaign last month. But some antibiotics are becoming less effective at fighting those infections and if we continue to use them inappropriately, more...

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