Many people in Pakistan get antibiotics without a prescription, despite it being illegal to give the drugs out this way. And doctors often prescribe antibiotics when they aren’t required.
Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna BashirPakistan is the third largest user of antibiotics among lower- and middle-income countries. Studies show that people there have suffered from infections that are resistant to all available antibiotics – meaning they are effectively untreatable.
Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Saiyna Bashir