Antibiotic consumption

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – Antibiotic consumption rates up 46% in last two decades: study

Concept –

Global antibiotic consumption rates increased by 46% in the last two decades, according to a study covering 204 countries from 2000 to 2018.
The study provides a comparative analysis of total antibiotic consumption rates in humans globally, expressed in the WHO metric of defined daily doses (DDD) per 1,000 population per day.

To know about Antibiotic Resistance, please refer August 2021 DPN.