Pakistan

Peshawar, Pakistan

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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 Bashir

Pakistan 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