Antibiotics, childbirth, and maternal and infant mortality
Antibiotics’ effectiveness led many healthcare providers to overprescribe them, and people now frequently take them when they shouldn’t. Image: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett
Anthony Costello
Director of Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health, World Health Organization.
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