Excessive or unnecessary use of antibiotics can lead to drug resistance, which has led to many deaths. In Saraburi province, secondary school students at Thairath Wittaya 68 School have proven very effective in raising public awareness of the need to use antibiotics reasonably. “They can successfully raise awareness about rational antibiotics use among local residents, students and their families,” Drug System Monitoring and Development Centre director Dr Niyada Kiatying-Angsulee said at the Antibiotics Awareness Week 2016 forum on Friday. She said the centre was working with medical practitioners in community hospitals and provincial public health offices in more than 30 provinces to raise awareness of rational antibiotics use among community residents. As a result, they get infected with drug-resistant bacteria or superbugs, which can kill them,” Bundit said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 19, 2016 18:06 UTC