Prescribing widespread antibiotics to children under age 5 in Niger reduced mortality among infants, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine | The trial — a follow up on work from 2018 — saw a 17 percent drop in infant mortality during the study period
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Expanding antibiotic treatment in sub-Saharan Africa could save kids’ lives
Current guidelines limit treatment to infants. Giving antibiotics to at-risk kids under 5, too, has an indirect effect on infant survival, a new trial shows.
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