Yusra

Dessie, Ethiopia

Suspected Drug-Resistant Sepsis

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Yusra also had drug-resistant sepsis. Her twin sister died at six days old.Yusra needed a “last-resort” antibiotic, in stock at the pharmacy by the hospital gate, but which her family could not afford. Yusra died a few days later.

Credit: TBIJ/BSAC/Abenazer Israel