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Giving an Antibiotic to All Children Under 5 in Africa Saves Lives
August 23, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Francisco campus issued the following news release:

A new UCSF-led study suggests international guidance released in 2020 needs to be expanded beyond infants to be effective.

When UC San Francisco research showed that routinely treating children in Sub-Saharan Africa with a common antibiotic could reduce deaths in children under five, the World Health Organization (WHO) moved quickly to reco . . .

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