Kenyans die from common infections as antibiotics fail

Drugs losing efficacy are those mostly prescribed in hospitals. FILE PHOTO | NMG

When Dr Paul Yonga was called to save the life of a 76-year-old patient, who had a severe urinary tract infection (UTI), his biggest challenge was to find medicines that could treat the common disease.

The patient, having taken a buffet of antibiotics for many months, had developed resistance to most of the medicines available in the Kenyan market.

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