Antibiotic-resistant sepsis still claims newborn lives in Africa: Europe and Africa in scientific collaboration to save lives and improve treatment iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An international clinical trial co-led by UCL (University College London) researchers will evaluate much-needed new antibiotic combinations for newborn babies with sepsis.
An international clinical trial to evaluate much-needed new antibiotic combinations for newborn babies with sepsis has started in three public hospitals in South Africa and Kenya.
Eighteen percent of newborns worldwide die of neonatal sepsis, and this is accompanied by high use of last-line antibiotics to overcome resistant infections.