Crackdown on antibiotic abuse
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="China">China</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="stepping">stepping</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="crack">crack</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="widespread">widespread</span> <span word="prescription">prescription</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="abuse">abuse</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="antibiotic">antibiotic</span> <span word="resistance">resistance</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tackle">tackle</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Ministry">Ministry</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nationwide">nationwide</span> <span word="surveillance">surveillance</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="document">document</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="antibiotic">antibiotic</span>-<span word="resistant">resistant</span> <span word="bacteria">bacteria</span> <span word="at">at</span> 1,349 <span word="large">large</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainland">mainland</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="closer">closer</span> <span word="monitoring">monitoring</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="keeps">keeps</span> <span word="track">track</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span>' <span word="prescriptions">prescriptions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="antibiotics">antibiotics</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="hospitals">hospitals</span>.</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="tough">tough</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="regulations">regulations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clinical">clinical</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="antibiotics">antibiotics</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Aug">Aug</span> 1. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="moves">moves</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> <span word="weighed">weighed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="growing">growing</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span> <span word="antibiotic">antibiotic</span>-<span word="resistant">resistant</span> <span word="gonorrhea">gonorrhea</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="group">group</span> <span word="warned">warned</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="gonorrhea">gonorrhea</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="options">options</span> <span word="unless">unless</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="action">action</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="taken">taken</span>.</p><p><span word="Several">Several</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="Australia">Australia</span>, <span word="France">France</span>, <span word="Japan">Japan</span>, <span word="Norway">Norway</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Sweden">Sweden</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="resistance">resistance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cephalosporin">cephalosporin</span> <span word="antibiotics">antibiotics</span> - <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="treatment">treatment</span> <span word="option">option</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sexually">sexually</span> <span word="transmitted">transmitted</span> <span word="disease">disease</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Antibiotic">Antibiotic</span> <span word="resistance">resistance</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="borders">borders</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="curbing">curbing</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="misuse">misuse</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="responsibility">responsibility</span> <span word="shared">shared</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="all">all</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Zhao">Zhao</span> <span word="Minggang">Minggang</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ministry">ministry</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhao">Zhao</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> 10 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="antibiotics">antibiotics</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="bacterial">bacterial</span> <span word="resistance">resistance</span> <span word="develops">develops</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="antibiotic">antibiotic</span> <span word="abuse">abuse</span>.</p>
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